Matilda is the story of a young girl with extraordinary powers through her imagination. Matilda’s terrible home life and terrible school life, find her seeking refuge in library books. The stories she reads fuels her imagination which give her the strength to stand up against the cruel adults in her world and in doing so, discovers her own remarkable powers. Matilda’s bravery teaches Miss Honey and her classmates an important lesson -- that even though life can be hard, “nobody but me is gonna change my story” so “sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.”