Follett Content Book Detail: Matilda by Dahl, Roald

Matilda

Author: Dahl, Roald

Follett Number: 1130EN5
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Alfaguara, 2018
Format: 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-947783-36-2
ISBN-10: 1-947783-36-X
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Subjects:
Girls Fiction
Revenge Fiction
Schools Fiction
Spanish Language Materials
Text in Spanish.;Translated from English. Matilda applies her 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.

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Matilda es una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil. Matilda es una vida lectora de solo cinco a os. Sensible e inteligente, todos la admiran menos sus mediocres padres, que la consideran una in til. Adem s, tiene poderes extra os y maravillosos... Un d a, Matilda decide liberarse y empieza a emplearlos contra la abominable y cruel se orita Trunchbull. M s de 17 millones de ejemplares vendidos en el mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "The Trunchbull" is no match for Matilda 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 kid-hating terror of a 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 "Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts." --The New York Times Book Review

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