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Matilda

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4 out of 5
Based on 53,446 Ratings and 2,924 Reviews

Book Description
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. The... More
Book Information
PublisherPuffin Books
BindingPaperback (141 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages240
ISBN-100141301066
ISBN-13978-0141301068
Publication Date06/01/1998
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About Roald Dahl (Author) : Roald Dahl is a published author, compiler, creator, editor, illustrator, and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Roald Dahl include The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and... more
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11/18/2014 Lindsay Marchant

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6/22/2011 Michaela Kuenster tagged as: Inspired me

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1/14/2010 Jennie wilson

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4/10/2009 Timothy Schenk said: This is a fun magical book. I highly recogmend it.
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10/25/2008 Angela Mann said: 26224
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10/24/2008 D.M. Cunningham said: It's Roald Dahl, what else is there to say!
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6/8/2008 Kate Ahmann tagged as: I recommend

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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