Roald Dahl
2) Matilda
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
3) The BFG
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Language
English
Description
The BFG--Big Friendly Giant--kidnaps Sophie from her bed in the orphanage and takes her back to Giantland where she becomes involved in a scheme to end the loathsome activities of nine evil giants.
4) The witches
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Language
English
Description
This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to talk about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories-but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself! --from Amazon.
10) The Twits
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Language
English
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The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
11) Esio Trot
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Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger.
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Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Little Billy's mother has told him NEVER to go into The Forest of Sin. Little Billy doesn't really believe there are monsters in the wood, and he is tired of always being good, but when he secretly slips out of the house, he soon discovers that his mother was right. The Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher is real enough, and so are the tiny Minpins, whose minature world is in danger.
14) The Minpins
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Ignoring warnings against it, little Billy enters the Forest of Sins, only to be pursued by the fearsome Grinder, a creature who chases him high up an ancient tree, where he encounters a city of tree-dwelling, matchstick-sized people.
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