Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking Kestrel
Year Published:1988
Cost:$12.49 (Hardcover)
Other Bibliographic Info. :
ISBN: 0-14-241037-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-14-241037-0
Word Count: 40,009
Reading Level:5.0
Interest Level:4-7
Plot summary:
Matilda by by Dahl. It is about an extremely intelligant 5 year old girl who is ignored by her parents. When she goes to kindergarten, her teacher, Miss Honey nurtures her and care a lot for her. However, the princepal, Ms. Truchbull, is extremely irrational and violent, punishing students by locking them in a cupboard with nails hammered through the door and broken glass along the walls. The abuse served to illistrate how unreasonable Ms. Truchbull is and to make the reader hate her. In the end, Matilda ends up with her favorite teacher, Miss Honey who gives her the love the she needs.
Issues for Being Challenge: The issues that may arise for this book to be challenged are: Child Neglect by the parents, tricks played by Matilda, abuse given by Miss Trunchbull.
Evaluation:
Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood are the parents of their genius daughter Matilda. But they don’t act like she is a genius, they think she is nothing but a blister. When Matilda goes to school, she finds out it is almost worse than being at home. Matilda has to save her teacher and the whole school from Miss Trunchbull, the school’s headmistress! I liked the ending and the characters. I like Matilda because she likes to read.
Reader’s annotation:
Matilda is a super-gifted child unfortunately stuck in a horrible life – with horrible parents and a horrible school. The only good thing is her teacher, Ms. Honey. If you one to start reading Roald Dahl's works, why not start reading -Matilda.
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