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Reviewer: Lauren A. '12

Matilda is an intelligent girl who has dumb parents! On her first day of school she meets the evil headmistress, Mrs. Trunchbull. Everyone in school is depending on Matilda to get rid of her. Will Matilda's nasty plot be good enough? To find out what happens to Matilda, read Matilda.

Spring 2005

Reviewer: Heather M. '12

This summer I read the book Matilda which is about a girl with super powers who has parents that don't care about her. She only started school when she was 6 and could read a book by Dickens by age 4. When Matilda finally does start school, she does not want to go home afterward and have to face her parents, so she gets very attached to her teacher who she goes to have tea with every afternoon. One day when Matilda comes home from school, she finds that a plane taking her whole family to Spain will leave in an hour and she will never come back. She has to made a decision; should she stay with her lonely teacher or go with her unkind parents to Spain? This is a very adventurous novel that I think any kid would like.

Fall 2004

This book is my favorite of all my Super Readers books. It is about a young girl who lives with her parents and brother. Matilda's parents don't care about Matilda at all and neither does her brother. When Matilda is still a toddler she comes across the newspaper. Every morning, after her brother and her parents have left for their days activities, Matilda gets reading!!! She will do anything to get her hands on another book, even if she has to walk three miles to the library to check out some of the biggest books. But one day, Matilda asks her parents if she may go to school and finally her parents say "yes" and she has a wonderful teacher named Ms. Honey. Ms. Honey adores children. But Matilda's head mistress, called the Trunchbowl, is the scariest person on earth. The Trunchbowl swings girls from their braids and throws children out the window or locks them in a pointy place.

I really recommend this book for both boys and girls because it is a wild adventure. Read about how Matilda tries to stop the Trunchbowl!

Spring 2004

Matilda's parents could care less about her. All the attention goes to her older brother. All the parents do is eat, watch TV, and sit around and do nothing. Matilda's teacher, Ms. Honey, had a dad but he died. Ms. Trunchbull is Ms. Honey's aunt. When Ms. Honey's dad died Ms. Trunchbull took the house when it was supposed to go Ms.
Honey.

See what sneaky and funny things Matilda does with her special power to help Ms. Honey get her house back. But if you want to know what happens in the end you'll just have to read the book!

I recommend this book to anyone, especially girls.

Spring 2003

A young girl named Matilda has special powers.  She can lift items, open windows, and spill water with the power of her eyes.  Matilda is also very smart.  Her parents, who aren't very smart, don't realize her powers and just ignore her.  Mrs. Trunchbull, the principal at her school, is very mean.  Matilda is fortunate to have a wonderful teacher, Ms. Honey, who loves Matilda and respects her powers.  Matilda will do anything to help Ms. Honey, even if it means interfering with Mrs. Trunchbull    Read this very funny book to find out what happens to Matilda.

Spring 2002

Spring 2002

Matilda is a little five year old girl who is very brilliant. She is just beginning school.  Her teacher's name is Mrs. Honey and her friend's name is Lavender.  Matilda loves going to school, except the only thing that she hates about it is her principal, Mrs.Trunchbull .  Mrs. Trunchbull is very mean to all the children.

One day Matilda notices that she has magic. She helps people who are nice to her, but she does bad things with her magic to the people who are mean to her. You will have to read this book to find out if she helps Mrs Honey or not.

Winter 2002

The main character, Matilda, who is almost six, is very smart. She finds out that she has magical powers and that her teacher is the head mistress’ niece. The property that the head mistress owns should be owned by Miss Honey, Matilda’s kind teacher. Matilda tries to help Miss Honey by getting the head mistress out of the house. Matilda scares her with her magical powers, and the head mistress thinks the house is haunted.

Matilda is a funny book and it is good for people who like to read adventurous fantasies.

11/4/99