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Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Miss ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer.... more
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave The classic story of Matilda who gets magical powers from reading books. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Matilda is ranked in the following categories:
- #19 in 10-Year-Old
- #44 in 11-Year-Old
- #14 in 1st Grade
- #97 in 20th Century
- #5 in 2nd Grade
- #5 in 3rd Grade
- #6 in 4th Grade
- #21 in 5th Grade
- #7 in 6-Year-Old
- #46 in 6th Grade
- #6 in 7-Year-Old
- #5 in 9-Year-Old
- #56 in Adoption
- #27 in Boy
- #83 in Bucket List
- #33 in Bullying
- #52 in Catalog
- #15 in Chapter
- #7 in Childhood
- #3 in Children's Chapter
- #14 in Children's Classics
- #14 in Children's Fantasy
- #9 in Children’s
- #41 in Comedic
- #42 in Courage
- #39 in Cute
- #28 in Dutch
- #12 in Easy
- #58 in Easy Reading
- #7 in Elementary
- #62 in Family
- #51 in Feel-Good
- #66 in Fun
- #60 in Funny
- #16 in Grace
- #24 in Growing Up
- #52 in Happy
- #25 in Hebrew
- #99 in Humor
- #13 in Illustrated
- #8 in Kinder
- #18 in Learn English
- #30 in Light
- #71 in Magical Realism
- #7 in Making Friends
- #4 in Mayan
- #98 in Men
- #74 in Modern Fantasy
- #73 in Movie
- #63 in Movies
- #4 in Nostalgia
- #57 in Old
- #8 in Older Children
- #63 in Poster
- #10 in Read Aloud
- #12 in Self-Confidence
- #61 in Smart
- #43 in Strong Women
- #76 in Top Ten
- #59 in UK
- #8 in Victoria
- #19 in Young Reader
- #20 in Youth