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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... waiting for him to emerge from the chrysalis . " A particularly poisonous little girl might sting me into saying , " Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an iceberg , but unlike the iceberg she has absolutely nothing below the surface ...
... waiting for him to emerge from the chrysalis . " A particularly poisonous little girl might sting me into saying , " Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an iceberg , but unlike the iceberg she has absolutely nothing below the surface ...
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... waiting for something to happen . They felt certain it must . The Trunchbull was not a person who would give someone a whole chocolate cake to eat just out of kindness . Many were guessing that it had been filled with pepper or castor ...
... waiting for something to happen . They felt certain it must . The Trunchbull was not a person who would give someone a whole chocolate cake to eat just out of kindness . Many were guessing that it had been filled with pepper or castor ...
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... waiting patiently until she spotted a whopper . Then , using her school hat as a net , she swooped and caught it . She had lined her pencil - box with pond - weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it was not easy ...
... waiting patiently until she spotted a whopper . Then , using her school hat as a net , she swooped and caught it . She had lined her pencil - box with pond - weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it was not easy ...
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The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Ghost | 38 |
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