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 66
... teacher , the boss , the supreme commander of this establishment was a formidable middle - aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull . Naturally Matilda was put in the bottom class , where there were eighteen other small boys and girls ...
... teacher , the boss , the supreme commander of this establishment was a formidable middle - aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull . Naturally Matilda was put in the bottom class , where there were eighteen other small boys and girls ...
Page 91
... teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book . She never glanced up once during the entire lesson . Miss Honey , meanwhile , was making another decision . She was ...
... teacher kept half an eye on her all the time and noticed that the child very soon became deeply absorbed in the book . She never glanced up once during the entire lesson . Miss Honey , meanwhile , was making another decision . She was ...
Page 200
... teacher ? " Matilda asked . " There is a Teacher's Training College in Read- ing , " Miss Honey said . " That's only forty minutes ' bus - ride away from here . I was allowed to go there on condition I came straight home again every ...
... teacher ? " Matilda asked . " There is a Teacher's Training College in Read- ing , " Miss Honey said . " That's only forty minutes ' bus - ride away from here . I was allowed to go there on condition I came straight home again every ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Hat and the Superglue | 30 |
Copyright | |
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