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Name: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake

Publishing company: Penguin Group

Year of publishing: 1996.1997

Page: six chapters (finish the novel)

The six chapters I read were: Miss Honey's Cottage, Miss Honey's story, The names, The practice, The Third Miracle, A New Home

After watching Matilda's magic power, Miss Honey decided to take Matilda home and discussed about this with her. To Matilda's astonishment，Miss Honey lived in a small cottage which located in a remote place. The room in the cottage was as small and square and bare as a prison cell. The only objects in the entire room were two upturned wooden boxes to serve as chairs and a third box between them for a table. Matilda hardly believed that here was where Miss Honey lived. She wondered that there must be something very strange going on around here. At the next chapter, Miss Honey told the whole story to Matilda to explain how it happened, including why she lived in this poor cottage.

It turns out that Miss Trunchbull is Miss Honey's aunt! And she brought Miss Honey up! She stole the legacy of Miss Honey. Matilda then using her magic power to scare Miss Trunchbull and made her give the legacy back to Miss Honey. At the end of the story, Matilda's father was found out that he is a receiver of stolen cars from all over the country so he decided to run away to Spain. Matilda doesn't want to go with her families. At last, her father agrees to let her live with Miss Honey.

Although it sounds a little unreasonable, it is a happy ending. And I also glad that I have finished an English novel during this semester. Writing reading journal trained my writing skill regularly. In conclusion, the book Matilda makes me more flexible when facing difficulties. It is a good novel not only funny but also meaningful.

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