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Matilda
By: Roald Dahl

Summary
Matilda was born into a family where her parents cared little about her. She had to learn things on her own, and do everything by herself. She did not like the way her family lived their lives. She was much different from them. She showed many signs of being a genius, which was much different than her parent. They would try to get her to just watch T.V., but Matilda wanted to read. She started going to the library everyday when everybody would leave the house. It wasn't long before she had every book in the whole library read. Her father told her, "Every person should be punished for what they do." So she decided that she could "punish" her parents. She starts playing tricks on her parents and soon realizes she has special "magical" powers. At first she struggles to use them, but she gets a hang of them and uses them for good things sometimes, and bad things sometimes.
Matilda is then allowed to go to school. There she has an evil headmistress,......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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