Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Name: Danny Ryan
Class Period: A-3
Author: Roald Dahl
Pages: 160
Rating ****

Recommendation: This book is great for basically anyone, as long as you have a great imagination. There really is no age limit. No matter how young or old you are, you can still be amused from page to page by Roald Dahls humor and his imagination. Charlie and the chocolate factory is a great book to read if you just want to be entertained by a fun story.

Summary: A sweet little kid named Charlie Bucket lived in the worst of circumstances, until he was given the opportunity of a lifetime: A chance to visit Willy Wonka's wonderful, top-secret chocolate factory. Five lucky people who find a Golden Ticket wrapped in one of Willy Wonka's delicious candy bars win a visit to his mysterious chocolate factory. Charlie Bucket is too poor to buy more than one candy bar a year, so when he wins a ticket, his whole family celebrates. The four other lucky children are not as nice as Charlie, and they're punished for their bad behavior. Greedy Augustus Gloop falls into the chocolate river he's trying to drink from and gets sucked up a pipe. Chewing-gum addict Violet Beauregarde grabs a stick of gum that blows her up into a giant blueberry. Spoiled Veruca Salt is deemed a "bad nut" by Wonka's trained squirrels and thrown in the garbage. And Mike Teavee demands to be "sent by television" and gets shrunk in the process. But there's a wonderful surprise waiting for Charlie at the end of the tour.

Explanation of Rating: This book was definitely entertaining. It was a good enough story to make a movie about it. I was never bored when reading it and I liked it so much that I read other books that the author wrote. It was fun to read and I enjoyed all of it.

Favorite Passage: "Oh, my sainted aunt! Don't mention that disgusting stuff in front of me! Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!"

I like this passage because it is funny and I have thought that before