By the author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach."
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A five book set with no slip-case of Roald Dahl's classis books. Excellent for a gift.
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Matilda Wormwood is a fictional character in the children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl. She is a highly precocious six-year old girl who has a passion for reading books. Matilda's parents do not recognise their daughter's great intelligence and show little interest in her, particularly her father, a secondhand car dealer who has performed numerous abusive actions on Matilda. In the movie, as a six year old she is portrayed by American actress Mara Wilson and as a toddler she is portrayed by Caitlin and Amanda Fein. Matilda has black hair in the book (though in the movie her hair is brown), and is quite small in size, even compared to other five year olds. In the movie, she says she is six and a half, in the book, five and a half when she starts school. She is described as sensible and quiet, and almost unaware of her intelligence, though when with people she trusts or excited she often blurts out information incredibly quickly. However, her best friend, Lavender, sees her as gutsy and adventurous. She is also described as perfect and true despite what her real family thinks. Matilda is a young girl who lives in Buckinghamshire in the book and Los Angeles in the film near the local library. She has parents and a big brother that neglect her and are constantly rude to her and insist she watches television. After her parents' treatment of her becomes excessively harsh, she begins to set up various tricks as acts of revenge, such as exchanging her father's hair tonic for blonde hair dye, gluing his hat on his head, and hiding a parrot in her house to give the impression that a room is haunted. Matilda's school is Crunchem Hall Primary School (Crunchem Hall Elementary School in the film) which is run by a fearsome middle-aged woman named Miss T... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14568954
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