Matilda, Volume 1Matilda is a genius, but her parents treat her like a dolt, so she applies her untapped mental powers to get revenge on her parents and rid her school of the evil headmistress. "Dahl has written another fun and funny book with a child's perspective on an adult world. As usual, Blake's comical sketches are the perfect complement to the satirical humor".--School Library Journal. |
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Page 8
... parents , but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end - of - term reports . If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents . " Your son Maximil- ian " , I would ...
... parents , but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end - of - term reports . If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents . " Your son Maximil- ian " , I would ...
Page 10
... parents . They had a son called Michael and a daughter called Matilda , and the parents looked upon Matilda in particular as noth- ev ing more than a scab . A scab is some- thing you have to put up with until the time comes when you can ...
... parents . They had a son called Michael and a daughter called Matilda , and the parents looked upon Matilda in particular as noth- ev ing more than a scab . A scab is some- thing you have to put up with until the time comes when you can ...
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... parents were totally unaware of their daughter's remarkable talents . After all , Mr Wormwood was a successful motor - car dealer so she presumed that he was a fairly intelligent man himself . In any event , parents never underestimated ...
... parents were totally unaware of their daughter's remarkable talents . After all , Mr Wormwood was a successful motor - car dealer so she presumed that he was a fairly intelligent man himself . In any event , parents never underestimated ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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