Matilda Book Review

Matilda

This book is about a little girl named Matilda Wormwood, who was very bright at a young age. Her family doesn’t really care for her or realise her intelligence. One day she decided that when her brother left for school, her dad left to sell stolen car parts and her mother went to bingo, that she would leave the house and go and visit the library. She begins reading picture books but as she grows older she starts reading chapter books at the age of four, but she had a problem, she had already finished the entire children’s section of books. So she asks Mrs Phelps, the librarian, to help her find some different books. She chose ‘Great Expectations’ for the little four year old Matilda. Matilda loved the library so much that she went back every day, when her family was gone, and took her little red wagon and began getting more challenging books. Until one day, her dad told her she was old enough to go to school. Matilda was so excited, and she made a best friend whose name was Lavender. Then she met her wonderful teacher, Miss Honey. She was so nice to Matilda and then she met the principal, Miss Trunchbull. She is a nasty person who treats the students so badly. Throughout the book, Matilda discovers something extraordinary, she has a special type of power.

My favourite characters in the book are Matilda and Miss Honey. They are wonderful smart people who get treated unfairly but have done nothing wrong. I recommend this book to ages 7 and over and hope people will enjoy!

By: Kaydence