Name: Matilda (Random House Modern Classics)
Rating: 4.7 (322 reviews)
Author: Roald Dahl
ISBN: 9780141369365

Matilda (Random House Modern Classics)

By Roald Dahl

322 ratings 368 reviews 410 followers

Interest Level	Reading Level	Reading A-Z	ATOS	Word Count
Grades 4 - 8	Grades 4 - 6	S	5	40009

Now a musical!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.

Publisher: Puffin

ISBN-13: 9780141369365

ISBN-10: 0141369361

Published on 11/22/2016

Binding: Paperback

Number of pages: 212

Book Reviews (363)

redheadperson22

11 years ago

There's this girl names Matilda. She EXTEREMLY smart, really nice, and pretty much perfect. But some people are mean to her. These people include her family and the school principal (who's actually pretty mean to everyone). So she decides to get revenge. What I thought of it: The illustrations creeped me out. The actual book was poorly written. Matilda herself was pretty irritating. She was perfect, and, in the end, she got everything she wanted. Pretty much all of the characters were unrealistic. All the "bad people" were completely bad and all the "good people" were completely good. There was nothing even a little complex about them. And pretty much all of the books I've read by Roald Dahl have characters like that. Completely flat with little to no real personality. Another thing that Roald Dahl's book seem to have in common. The movie was way better. I mean the movie for Fantastic Mr. Fox was phenomenal. The book, on the other hand, was terrible. I can't say that about James and the Giant Peach, though, because I've never read the book. When it comes to Matilda, the movie was a lot better. But both were pretty creepy if you ask me. Overall, It wasn't a very good book at all.