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Genre/Form: | Humorous stories Humorous fiction Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake |
ISBN: | 9780142410370 0142410373 9780847999248 0847999246 9781424258765 1424258766 |
OCLC Number: | 855860996 |
Awards: | Winner of Best Children's Book of the Century. Winner of Blue Peter Children's Book Award. |
Description: | 240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Contents: | The reader of books -- Mr Wormwood, the great car dealer -- The hat and the superglue -- The ghost -- Arithmetic -- The platinum-blond man -- Miss Honey -- The Trunchbull -- The parents -- Throwing the hammer -- Bruce Bogtrotter and the cake -- Lavender -- The weekly test -- The first miracle -- The second miracle -- Miss Honey's cottage -- Miss Honey's story -- The names -- The practice -- The third miracle -- A new home. |
Responsibility: | Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake. |
Abstract:
Matilda longs for her parents to be good and loving and understanding. But they are none of these things. They are perfectly horrid to her. Matilda invents a game of punishing them each time they treat her badly and she soon discovers she has supernatural powers. She applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
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