Children's · Fantasy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Bestseller: about 20 million copies (estimate)A poor boy living with his family finds one of five golden tickets that open the gates to Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory, where the other winners are far less well behaved than he is.
- First published
- 1964
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a quick, mischievous read full of sweets, inventions and comeuppance.
Skip this if you want gentle characters; the adults and the other children are cartoonish.
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