num_pages: 240
description: Now a musical on Broadway and streaming on Netflix!Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!"Matilda will surely go straight to children's hearts." — The New York Times Book Review
language: English
title: Matilda
titlecomplete: Matilda
characters: Matilda Wormwood, Miss Trunchbull, Miss Honey
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Audiobook, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 897434
places: United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Odyssey Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury
category: 10-12 jaar en 13-16 jaar, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles Ages 8-12, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Read Aloud (1990), Younger Readers (1997), awardedAt: 599644800000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Younger Readers, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Blue Peter Book Award
category: Voter's Award - Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Red House Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Nevada Young Readers' Award
category: Intermediate Category , awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Beehive Book Award
category: Children's Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Indian Paintbrush Book Award, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Bluestem Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Virginia Reader's Choice
category: Elementary, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Turtleback Books