This is Roald Dahl's beloved MATILDA like you have never seen her before! Celebrated for fighting for what is right and for standing up to bullies and injustice, Matilda is a five-year-old genius with horrible, mean parents. Fortunately, she has a great time giving them what they deserve. But at school she meets Miss Trunchbull: two hundred pounds of kid-hating headmistress. Giving Miss Trunchbull what she deserves will take a superhuman genius! Readers will delight in seeing Matilda become the hero of her own story. * This is a jacketed, hardcover edition.