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 64
... whole basin of water and you've gone and put it all over your head neat ! It'll probably take all your hair off in the end ! Is your scalp beginning to burn , dear ? " " You mean I'm going to lose all my hair ? " the husband yelled ...
... whole basin of water and you've gone and put it all over your head neat ! It'll probably take all your hair off in the end ! Is your scalp beginning to burn , dear ? " " You mean I'm going to lose all my hair ? " the husband yelled ...
Page 76
... whole class , " let us leave sums for the moment and see if any of you have begun to learn to spell . Hands up anyone who can spell cat . " Three hands went up . They belonged to Laven- der , a small boy called Nigel and to Matilda ...
... whole class , " let us leave sums for the moment and see if any of you have begun to learn to spell . Hands up anyone who can spell cat . " Three hands went up . They belonged to Laven- der , a small boy called Nigel and to Matilda ...
Page 118
... whole school should go into the Assembly Hall and be seated as soon as the meal was over . When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly , the Trunchbull marched on to the platform . None of the ...
... whole school should go into the Assembly Hall and be seated as soon as the meal was over . When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly , the Trunchbull marched on to the platform . None of the ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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