Puffin classics.

Winner of the 1991 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

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

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

Ages 7 and up

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