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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... 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 ...
Page 126
... 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 for him to arrive . " They were standing on the lawn in front of the lovely red - brick house with its weathered old red tiles and its tall chimneys , and Miss Honey still had the pair of garden clippers in one hand . It was a ...
... waiting for him to arrive . " They were standing on the lawn in front of the lovely red - brick house with its weathered old red tiles and its tall chimneys , and Miss Honey still had the pair of garden clippers in one hand . It was a ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Hat and the Superglue | 30 |
Copyright | |
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