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James and the Giant Peach
Ever since James’s parents were eaten by a stampeding rhinoceros, he’s lived miserably with two awful aunts. Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge are lazy, cruel bullies who make his life a misery. James thinks he is in for an entire life of punishment and pain… until the day a mysterious stranger appears with a bag of crocodile tongues. So begins a miraculous journey of dreams…
Soon James finds himself inside a giant peach with the strangest friends for company: an enormous Spider, a very musical Grasshopper, a kindly Glow-Worm, and a Centipede with a hundred boots to take on and off! And that’s not all: the peach is moving! Travelling right across the Atlantic Ocean with a host of motley characters, this Roald Dahl classic is simply not to be missed.
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jackman2k10
28 February 2010
loved it
“James didn’t know where the little man came from. He was just there, thrusting a faintly glowing bag at James. ‘Here! You take it! It’s yours!’ With a promise that the bag of ‘little green things’ is magic and will free James from life with his horrible, cruel aunts, Sponge and Spiker, the little man is gone––and James is dizzy with joy. But in his excitement James drops the bag, and the magic is lost, sucked into the ground around the old peach tree. Would things never go right for James?
But then he feels it. Something is going to happen. Aunt Spiker spots it first: a peach growing high in their single peach tree. Growing and growing till it’s as big as fat Aunt Sponge, and then as big as their house! All greedy Sponge and Spiker can think is that the remarkable peach will make them rich. But James knows. ‘Something else, something stranger than ever this time, is about to happen to me again soon.’”
timmim
22 September 2009
loved it
James and the giant peach is great! All the roald dahl books are great. It is a realllllly good book. I would recommend it to anyone aged 5-9 in particular but people older will still enjoy it.
A great book.
Cats87
6 September 2009
liked it
James and the giant peach is the perfect book for roald dahl fans and whoever thought you would here about a boy friends with giant insects floating on a giant delicious peach!!!!
I will say i liked it by 4/5.
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henry11
2 September 2009
loved it
This is the best book i have read and i will never forget this story.
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is probably the best loved children’s author ever. Millions of children from all around the world have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. Born in 1916, he served as a fighter pilot in Africa during WWII before becoming a writer. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!
Awards
Roald Dahl has won many awards for his books including the Whitbread Award for The Witches in 1983, the Smarties Award in 1990 for Esio Trot and the Blue Peter prize for Matilda in 2000. In 2008 the Roald Dahl estate launched an award in his name – the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
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