Matilda

    Matilda is a very smart and hard-working little girl. But life isn’t easy. Her parents are mean(刻薄的) and never see her talents. And her school principal(校长), Miss Trunchbull, is a big, scary woman who will grab(抓) students by the hair and throw them over the school walls. Luckily, Matilda starts to realize she has some special powers(力量) of her own.

    Matilda is a great read for young children to show them the importance of determination(决心). The book has a 4.33 out of 5 stars rating(评分) on Goodreads out of more than 800,000 ratings. One reader on the site said it’s “a book for children that doesn’t cater to(迎合) them—it treats(对待) them like intelligent beings(聪明人)”. The Guardian said, “Matilda is a fantastic and entertaining(使人愉快的) novel”.