Matilda

#873
Title: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Publisher: Puffin
Year: 1988/1998
240 pages

It's a revenge fantasy. At least there's one non-horrible adult, always a pleasure. I'm calling this "young adult," or perhaps "middle reader," because like much of Dahl's work it's got a lot of moral ambiguity. I'm all for it, and find it refreshing. I probably wouldn't give it to a kid under 10 or so, at least without discussing some of Matilda's actions (in the same way I'd want to discuss Harry Potter's use of an unforgivable curse).