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Matilda

by Roald Dahl

Ages 8–11 Reading age 9 Novel Set in school funnywarm

A brilliant girl with dreadful parents and a monstrous headmistress discovers she can move things with her mind, and uses it on both.

A story about children, a grown-up villain and a grown-up hero, funny and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 8–11, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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