Synopsis:
Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, soon find out when Matilda discovers she has a very special power.
About the Author:
Matilda is a fiction book authored by Roald Dahl. The best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.He was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. He became well-known in the 1940s with his works for both children and adults. He was soon one of the world's best-selling authors. He has received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983, and the Children's Author Award of the Year from the British Book Awards in the year 1990. Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic content, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters
