Continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket and his family which started in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". This time the family travel in the Great Glass Elevator and have amazing adventures in outer space.
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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)
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"Dahl's phenomenal popularity among children speaks for his breathless storytelling charms."—Publishers Weekly
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By Sam
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Format:Paperback
Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl is a fun book to read that children will especially enjoy. It is the sequel to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, so it was nice to read, since the ending of the first novel did not seem like a proper ending.
I like how Charlie is so well behaved, even compared to some of his grandparents that make rude remarks to Mr. Willy Wonka. There are new inventions, new species, and new places that Charlie visits in this exciting adventure.
In this novel, Mr. Wonka, Charlie, his parents, and his grandparents go up to outer space in the glass elevator. There, they visit a space hotel, but people from earth think they are there to bomb the space hotel. Find out what will happen and what great things Charlie will see.
I like how Charlie is so well behaved, even compared to some of his grandparents that make rude remarks to Mr. Willy Wonka. There are new inventions, new species, and new places that Charlie visits in this exciting adventure.
In this novel, Mr. Wonka, Charlie, his parents, and his grandparents go up to outer space in the glass elevator. There, they visit a space hotel, but people from earth think they are there to bomb the space hotel. Find out what will happen and what great things Charlie will see.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By E. Cohen
Format:Paperback
I've read the positive reviews for this book, and I just can't understand them. It's fairly obvious to me what happened -- in 1972, with the success of the movie version (1971) of the first book, the author probably answered the call for a sequel to the 1964 classic. Too bad. While the original is a timeless and charming (with a thoughtful message), this book is choppy, disjointed, and poorly written. Worse, there's just no point to it at all. Pages and pages are devoted to a rather silly saga of the elevator in space, which perhaps would have been marginally interesting in 1972, but badly dated at this point. That's the first half of the book. The rest of the book is wasted on the grandparents getting younger, then older, then younger again, by means of Mr. Wonka's concoctions. That really is all that it is about. Does that sound interesting to you? Again, no point at all. It just rambles on page after page as if Mr. Dahl's advance were based on the page count. Mercifully, the book ends. Nothing about the factory. Nothing about Charlie growing up. Nothing about Mr. Wonka teaching Charlie anything. I suggest you avoid it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After having read Charlie and Chocolate Factory after seeing the movie based upon it, I was happy to discover that there was a sequel. I immediately checked this book from the library and started reading it right away. Needless to say - I was very disappointed.
The plot of book is, truthfully and bluntly, quite stupid. It was sequel made for the purpose of having sequel. Don't waste your time reading this book.
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The best book ever
Have you ever imagined an elevator that could fly? Charlie, in the book Charlie and the Great Glass elevator, went flying through space and time. Read more
Published on April 8 2004
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A Great Read for Anyone
This book is funny, interesting, and a great book for all ages. I loved this book because it's fresh and funny, and Roald Dahl is a terrific writer. Read more
Published on April 2 2004
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A boring book!
This book is not that good. Because there aren't too many things happeningin the begining. And then it just switches subject and another thing happens instead. Read more
Published on Mar 24 2004 by Maja
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By Arthur Cook
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl is a good strong adventure story. Read more
By Arthur Cook
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl is a good strong adventure story. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2004
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Published on Jan 25 2004
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Charlie and the Great Glass elevator
I think Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was a great book. I think it was very adventurous. This book is about Charlie traveling in the great glass elevator. Read more
Published on May 9 2003
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a good book by Ronald Dahl. My favorite character is Charlie. The story takes place in the chocolate factory. Read more
Published on Jan 29 2003
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Charlie and The Great glass Elevator
This book that i reviewed is called Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator. The author of this book is Dahl Roald. My favorite character in this book is Willy Wonka. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2003
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Charlie and the great glass elevator is a book for all ages. It makes you think of things that never before came to your mind. Read more
Published on Jan 16 2003 by christopher bujdos
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
The book Charlie And the Great Glass Elevator is a great book. When Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka go in a ride in the elevator the glass elevator gets too far up. Read more
Published on Jan 8 2003
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