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James and the Giant Peach
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James & the giant peach
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Add a SummaryA little boy named James has to live with his two evil aunts after his parents die and they treat him horribly. One day a giant peach grew from their, once barren, peach tree, and James found a hole in it big enough for him to climb through. He made it to the seed of the peach and met his newfound friends that he traveled from England to America with on a very interesting journey.
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Add a Quote" 'The journey begins!' shouted the Centipede. " " ...said the Ladybug. 'We are now about to visit the most marvelous places and see the most wonderful things! Isn't that so, Centipede?' "
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Add a CommentI loosely recommend this book to mature middle school audiences mainly because the book uses the word "ass" a couple of times and some readers may not be able to handle such language, and some paretns may be against exposing their children to words of that nature. The book also refers to other curse words being used, without actually using them. Overall, the book is a great read, although I've seen the movie (loooong ago), it intrigued me so much that I read the entire book in two days (taking up a sum of 3 hours). The journey that James and his insect friends embarked on, the sights they saw, are very interesting and leaves readers wanting more!
When I read this book I was really supprised when I read the whole book. If you read the whole book,you should see the DVD
The peach actually grows to be big and there were insects inside. The centipede would say words like idiot and ass. These are bad words. The rain came and the birds were picking at the peach.and the rain's came. The glow worm doesn't say a bad word.He eat's good. The author of this comment is "Giulia"...one of my students.
What a wonderful story! Poor James is so lonely but then magic comes into his life and he ends up with more friends than he could ever have imagined! It's a pity these sort of cures for loneliness don't happen in real life! But they sure make for a fun tale!
I think this is my favourite Roald Dahl book. He is so imaginative!
Had this read to me as a kid and I absolutely loved it. Includes illustrations and such an amazing storyline that on its own brings the characters to life.
Great book! Highly recommend it to children and teens also. Not because is not that long it doesn't mean that teens can't read it. I think is a really good story, plus kids and people can use their imagination a lot ( Which is the reason I liked it).
o.k and great book for people who are starting to read chapter books:)
This is an asome BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!