"A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" David Walliams Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, soon find out when Matilda discovers she has a very special power.
1 The Reader of Books
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2 Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer
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(7)
3 The Hat and the Superglue
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(7)
4 The Ghost
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(9)
5 Arithmetic
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6 The Platinum-Blond Man
43
(8)
7 Miss Honey
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(14)
8 The Trunchbull
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(6)
9 The Parents
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(9)
10 Throwing the Hammer
80
(14)
11 Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake
94
(15)
12 Lavender
109
(6)
13 The Weekly Test
115
(15)
14 The First Miracle
130
(9)
15 The Second Miracle
139
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16 Miss Honey's Cottage
145
(15)
17 Miss Honey's Story
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(11)
18 The Names
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19 The Practice
175
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20 The Third Miracle
180
(11)
21 A New Home
191
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER. Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.
