35 Years Ago, One Peculiar Roald Dahl Book Taught Kids To Be Rebels
Briefly

Despite neglectful parents who spend more time belittling her and watching TV than raising their daughter, precocious Matilda teaches herself to speak, read, and do math at a very young age.
This threatening principal was once an Olympic hammer thrower, and revels in spinning children by their ears and pigtails, or punishing them in a homemade prison called "The Chokey." As Matilda's pent-up frustration comes to a head, she discovers her gifts include controlling objects with her mind.
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