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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 1   mich_yms | Dec 26, 2009 |  Matilda is an intelligent little girl who has to deal with difficult adults such as her own parents and the head mistress of her school. She soon learns to move things with her eyes. Like most of Dahl’s books there is magic, mean adults, and bright kids. This is a book I personally love but in an Adventist classroom it would probably cause controversy. If I were to use it in the classroom, I would use it for the specific purpose to get student’s creative, silly juices flowing and have them translate those juices into a story. (  )1 kmacneill | Dec 9, 2009 | Love Matilda, love Quentin Blake's illustrations! (  )1 lacurieuse | Dec 3, 2009 | I love Dahl's satiric remarks, especially near the beginning of the book. Examples: "It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful." "If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents. 'Your son Maximilian,' I would write, 'is a total wash-out. I hope you have a family business you can push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else.'" Dahl is awesome. I also love Quentin Blake's illustrations. They are as classic as Dahl's writing. (Review from my blog: http://thenext100books.blogspot.com/) (  )1 mgrimmgossett | Dec 1, 2009 | This is sad and interesting story. Matilda is a very clever little girl,but her terrible parents don't like her. And her head teacher doesn't like children. She panish children much and much! All children are f rightend her. But, one day, Matilda starts moving things with her eyes, and after that she isn't afraid of anybody!! ( )1 risaa | Nov 25, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12)
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It’s just too bad her parents don’t see her strengths and abilities. Having a wretched father doesn’t help much, and I just loved the pranks she pulled on her father to ‘punish’ him.
At school, her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, is a super-bully who completely hates children, swings little girls by their pigtails, and pick little boys up by their ears. Horrid person, this Miss Trunchbull, and I believe I was grinning when I read about the final prank Matilda pulled on this woman. (