Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

✍ Scribed by Roald Dahl

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Year: 2005;2013
• Tongue: en-GB
• Weight: 1 MB
• Edition: New ed. /
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

From the bestselling author ofCharlie and the Chocolate FactoryandThe BFG!

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.

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Amazon.com Review

Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius. (Ages 9 to 12)

Review

"Dahl's phenomenal popularity among children speaks for his breathless storytelling charms."Publishers Weekly