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Matilda
Puffin Classic
Paperback : 06 Mar 2003
8 - 12 years
£6.99
Awards
Blue Peter Children's Book Award : --Select a value--
Best Children's Book of the Century : --Select a value--
Synopsis
Cheat! Stupid! Ignorant! Liar! Matilda’s parents have called her some terrible things. The truth is, she’s a genius and they’re the stupid ones. Find out how she gets the better of them and her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchball, as well as discovering that she has a very special power.
Winner of the Children’s Book Award
Reviews
Customer Review: 14 October 2009
Reviewer: Jenny Cha
'i love this book. but because i burrowed it from the library, i cant read for ever. '
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Customer Review: 17 December 2006Critic Review:
'Matilda was absolutely captivating... I passionately wanted to make it into a movie. [Dahl's is] a complex, intricate mind that is decidedly different.'
Danny Devito talking to Judith Woods
