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Booklist 2009 # 21: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Posted in Booklist 2009, Reviews, Roald Dahl, tagged , on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After losing his parents in an accident poor James must live with his abusive aunts. Just when it seems like he can no longer stand the mistreatment he finds a magical giant peach filled with overgrown talking bugs. The giant peach takes him on a perilous journey across the Atlantic ocean to a new life.
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Booklist 2009 # 18: The BFG by Roald Dahl

Posted in Booklist 2009, Reviews, Roald Dahl on May 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

“I think it’s rotten that those foul giants should go off every night to eat humans. Humans have never done them any harm.”
“That is what the little piggy-wig is saying every day,” the BFG answered. “He is saying, ‘I has never done any harm to the human bean so why should he be eating me?’ [...]

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Booklist 2008 # 72: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Posted in Book List 2008, Reviews, Roald Dahl, tagged , on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“I have a golden ticket . . .”
When one thinks of Charlie and the Chocolate factory it is inevitable to think primarily of the two films versions. The basic plots for the book and the two films are the same. Indigent Charlie Bucket lucks out when he finds the golden ticket hidden in Wonka candy [...]

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