Matilda
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BfK No. 62 - May 1990
Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from One World by Michael Foreman, published by Andersen Press, (0 86264 289 2, £6.95). We are grateful to Andersen Press for their help in using this illustration and to Michael Foreman for the article.
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Matilda
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
(Puffin Books)
978-0140327595, RRP £5.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
Sneered and snarled at by her philistine family, humiliated and enraged by a sadistic headmistress, the gentle book-loving Matilda wreaks a vengeance which evolves from guerilla pranks with bleach and superglue to the discovery of an invincible psychic power. This is a magnificent wish-fulfillment fantasy for sensitive learned underdogs, and a marvellous read as well for the big bossy thugs who try to run their lives.
