Matilda

Hi! I hope you enjoy this review on Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Author- Roald Dahl
Genre- Fiction
Theme- Bravery and courage
Target audience- 10+ l will explain why later in the post

The vocabulary is a bit difficult in this book. That is why l chose 10+ for the target audience.

I chose bravery for the theme because Matilda was never extremely sad or scared of Miss Trunchbull (the headmistress of Matilda's school). Well not as scared as the other children in her class anyway. The children were scared of Ms Trunchbull because she gave harsh punishments which were traumatising. For example, she would often lock up students in the chokey which was a 10 inch wide room with nails and glass sticking out from the walls inside. Bruce Bogtrotter stole cake from Miss Trunchbull. So as punishment Miss Trunchbull ordered the Cook to make an extra large chocolate cake to be made. Bruce Bogtrotter went on stage and he had to eat the whole cake. A whole extra large cake to himself. Do you think Bruce Bogtrotter finished the cake? Of course he did! This made Miss Trunchbull extremely angry and mad. Now if you have read this book before you would remember what Lavender did. When Miss Trunchbull's weekly lesson happened, Lavender put a newt inside Miss Trunchbull's jug of water and Miss Trunchbull had a fit in front of the teachers but before that there were some awful punishments given to the students. Read to find out what punishments happened!

I will now introduce Miss Jennifer (Jenny) Honey. Miss Honey's mum died and a few years later her father (Magnus) also died. So she was looked after by Miss Trunchbull. Miss Trunchbull is Miss Honey's aunt. I would HATE to have to even see Miss Trunchbull, let alone be looked after by her! Miss Honey is Matilda's school teacher.

I will now introduce Matilda Wormwood. She has a brother named Mike and her Father who thinks Matilda is a scab. And a  mother who does not interfere with anything Matilda does. Matilda's father hates books, the completely opposite of Matilda. Matilda is a bookworm just like me and you! When she goes to school that is where Miss Honey comes in.

This book is about Matilda. Well of course it is- her name is in the title! It starts out on Matilda's first day of school with Miss Honey. Miss Honey finds out that Matilda is literally a child genius. Matilda has a brain of a 12 year old. Actually l think Matilda is smarter then a 12 year old! Matilda also has a power/talent ... she can move objects (it does not matter what the object is) without her moving! It ends up saving the whole school because Ms Trunchbull faints from seeing the chalk writing on the blackboard on its own (a trick by Matilda) and she ends up running away from the school.


I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars ⛦ because it was a really enjoyable and funny book. What Miss Trunchball did was something you would NEVER see in a real school. I was also extremely amazed at Matilda's talent.

The question of the blog is what is your favourite subject in school? I like Maths the best because it is really challenging and fun! I also like to explore the different areas in maths! There is always something you do not know how to do in maths and that is why l love It!

Hope to you enjoyed this long book review on Matilda. Also sorry l have not posted in a while, it just took a long time to edit and write. Love-bookworm blog 💕

The Callback

Hi! This is the last Maddie Ziegler book for a while. Anyway l hope you enjoy this book review on The Callback!

Author- Maddie Ziegler
Genre- Fiction
Theme- Persistence I will explain why later in the post
Target audience- 7+

I chose persistence as the theme because Harper had a school musical and she was extremely busy. Everyone eventually got very annoyed of her hectic schedule. Harper was always busy but she never ever stopped.

The Callback was about a school musical and Dancestarz. The school musical was really cool because Harper got to wear one of her dancing outfits for it. When the musical ended there was a dance off at the Dancestarz studio. Harper had to race to the studio to do more dancing! In between everything that happens, there are also a lot of rehearsals. It was EXTREMELY hectic. I was amazed at how Maddie Ziegler (the author) set the scene in this book.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars ⛦ because it was a really interesting book to read. I found the book interesting because the reader got to see more of Harper's school life. We also got to see her other friends from school (not her dance friends).

The question of the blog is .... which Disney princess would you like to be the most? Are you wondering why ? Well if you are it is because the school musical is about Ariel from the little mermaid. My answer is l think l personally LOVE Belle from Beauty and the Beast. If you see my profile it tells you my what favourite movie(s) are. I LOVE Belle because she is a bookworm just like me/you!

Hope you enjoyed this book review on The Callback! Love-bookworm blog  💕