MatildaMatilda is a genius. Unfortunately, her family treats her like a dolt. Her crooked car-salesman father and loud, bingo-obsessed mother think Matilda's only talent is as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong in their miserable lives. But it's not long before the sweet and sensitive child decides to fight back. Faced with practical jokes of sheer brilliance, her parents don't stand a chance. Book jacket. |
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... carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking - stick . She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . Mr Wormwood didn't notice anything when he ...
... carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking - stick . She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . Mr Wormwood didn't notice anything when he ...
Page 181
... carefully in her mind . They came finally to a gap in the hedge on the left - hand side of the road where there was a five- barred gate . " This way , " Miss Honey said , and she opened the gate and led Matilda through and closed it ...
... carefully in her mind . They came finally to a gap in the hedge on the left - hand side of the road where there was a five- barred gate . " This way , " Miss Honey said , and she opened the gate and led Matilda through and closed it ...
Page 191
... carefully on an upturned box and more out of politeness than anything else she took a slice of bread and margarine and started to eat it . At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of ...
... carefully on an upturned box and more out of politeness than anything else she took a slice of bread and margarine and started to eat it . At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
Copyright | |
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