Matilda by Roald Dahl - review

‘The best bit was when Matilda used her mind to knock over the water jug with the newt in it and it frightened Miss Trunchbull!’

This story has lots of great characters such as Miss Honey who is Matilda’s teacher, Matilda’s awful Mum and Dad and Miss Trunchbull, who is headmistress at Matilda’s school and hates children.

Matilda has magic powers, which make the book funny except when she uses them at school and Miss Trunchbull tries to put her in the Chokey. Miss Honey is my favourite character in the book because she is so kind and tries to make the lessons fun for the children.

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