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Dahl, Roald.

Matilda - 232 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. - Puffin classics .

"Published by Puffin Books, 1990. Reissued in this edition by Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2013"--Title page verso.

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.

Matilda applies her previously 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.

Ages 7 and up.

ISBN: 9780142425381 (paperback) 0142425389 (paperback) 9780142424278 (hardcover) 0142424277 (hardcover)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Dysfunctional families.
Girls.
Schools.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Humorous fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.D1515 / Mat 2013

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]