Matilda+(book)

**Summary/Review**
This book is about an extraordinary young girl named Matilda. Matilda is five and a half years old and has always had a love for books and she is exceptionally smart for her age. Matilda does not have the best relationship with her family, so when she is enrolled in school, she is happy to make friends and meet her new teacher, Ms. Honey. Soon, the principal Ms. Trunchbull begins to pick on the children and not treat Matilda or Ms. Honey very nicely, so Matilda does something about it. Matilda soon realizes that she can perform tasks by just using her mind to make objects move. Matilda finds ways to get back at Ms. Trunchbull for all of the horrible things she does to everyone. In the end, Matilda is adopted by Ms. Honey and the live a fun and happy life together.



**Author Bio**
Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, Wales. Starting at a young age Roald Dahl was interested in stories and books. His mother would tell the family stories about the Norwegian Myths, but as he got older Dahl enjoyed reading adventure books. Dahl kept a diary of all of his stories for quite some time, which ultimately led to his becoming an author. In 1942, Dahl was now in Washington, where his writing career took form. His career as a children's author didn't start until the 1960's whene he became a father. Dahl took the writing world by storm and was soon known as the world's favorite children's author.

**Other Children's Literature**
//The Gremlins// (1943), //James and the Giant Peach// (1961), //Charlie and the Chocolate Factory// (1964), //The Magic Finger// (1966), //Fantastic Mr Fox// (1970), //Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator// (1972), //Danny, the Champion of the World// (1975), //The Enormous Crocodile// (1978), //The Twits// (1980), //George's Marvelous Medicine// (1981), //The BFG// (1982), //The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me// (1985), //Matilda// (1988), //Esio Trot// (1990), //The Minpins// (1991), //The Vicar of Nibbleswick// (1991), //Revolting Rhymes// (1982), //Dirty Beasts// (1983), //Rhyme Stew// (1989).

**Awards**
Convention Lifetime Achievement Award.
 * 1954** Wins Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award.
 * 1959** Wins second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award.
 * 1972** Wins New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
 * 1973** Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
 * 1975** Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator).
 * 1978** Wins Nene award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) and Surrey School award (for Danny the Champion of the World).
 * 1979** Wins California Young Reader Medal (for Danny the Champion of the World).
 * 1980** Wins third Mystery Writers of America award.
 * 1982** Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for The BFG) and Massachusetts Children's Award (for James and the Giant Peach).
 * 1983** Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for The Witches). Also wins World Fantasy
 * 1984** Wins Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis (for The BFG).
 * 1985** Wins Kurt Maschler award runner–up (for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me) and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation (for Boy – Tales of Childhood).
 * 1986** Wins West Australian Award (for The Witches) and International Board on Books for Young People awards for Norwegian and German translations (for The BFG).
 * 1988** Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for Matilda).
 * 1990** Wins Smarties Award (for Esio Trot).
 * 1997** Wins Good Book Guide "Best Books of the Past 20 Years" (for The BFG).
 * 1998** Matilda voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll.
 * 2000** Wins Millennium Children's Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

**Historical Context**
Roald Dahl's works have been translated into 34 languages, reaching children and adults all over the world. Matilda was published in 1988 and then turned into a movie in 1996. Then, after being turned into a film, Matilda was created into a musical in 2010.

**Major Themes**
Family/Peer Relationships, Bullying, respect, age, wisdom, school, and trust

**Citations**
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