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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... push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else . " Or if I were feeling lyrical that day , I might write , " It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing - organs in the sides of ...
... push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else . " Or if I were feeling lyrical that day , I might write , " It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing - organs in the sides of ...
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... push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables ... I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness 177 Miss Honey's Cottage.
... push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables ... I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness 177 Miss Honey's Cottage.
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Roald Dahl. and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough ... I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my ...
Roald Dahl. and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough ... I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Hat and the Superglue | 30 |
Copyright | |
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