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Thirteenyearold matilda watches as all the foreigners flee her homelandall but one, the white man mr. Watts, the only white man left after the other teachers flee, spends his day reading to the. Amidst the ruins of the town schoolhouse, watts reads dickens great expectations to the children, thus sparking their. His previous novels and collections of stories include the awardwinning the book of fame, biografi, a new york times notable book, choo woo, here at the end of the world we learn to dance and paint you. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are matilda, mr. Fourteenyearold matilda, the narrator, explains that everybody calls this man pop eye and that he looks like somebody who has seen or known great.
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