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 60
... going to see . And secondly , if she did see what she thought she was going to see , she wouldn't trust herself to keep a straight face . The son was looking directly ahead out of the window stuffing himself with bread and peanut ...
... going to see . And secondly , if she did see what she thought she was going to see , she wouldn't trust herself to keep a straight face . The son was looking directly ahead out of the window stuffing himself with bread and peanut ...
Page 99
... going to marry her , you see if he doesn't , and she's going to live in a mansion with a butler and lots of maids . " Miss Honey could hardly believe what she was hearing . She had heard that parents like this existed all over the place ...
... going to marry her , you see if he doesn't , and she's going to live in a mansion with a butler and lots of maids . " Miss Honey could hardly believe what she was hearing . She had heard that parents like this existed all over the place ...
Page 141
... going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . I can see that I'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . " She ...
... going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . I can see that I'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . " She ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Hat and the Superglue | 30 |
Copyright | |
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