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"My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvelous and exciting father any boy ever had." Danny feels very lucky. He adores his life with his father, living in a gypsy caravan, listening to his stories, tending their gas station, puttering around the workshop, and occasionally taking off to fly home-built gas balloons and kites. His father has raised him on his own, ever since Danny's mother died when he was four months old. Life is peaceful and wonderful... until he turns 9 and discovers his father's one vice. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world. Danny is right up to Roald Dahl's impishly brilliant standards. An intense and beautiful father-son relationship is balanced with sublegal high jinks that will have even the most rigid law-abider rooting them on. Dahl's inimitable way with words leaves the reader simultaneously satisfied and itching for more. (Ages 9 to 13) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Danny's dad had a secret, but now the secret's out and it's going to lead Danny on the adventure of a lifetime. Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved storytellers of all time, and his books have been children's favorites for generations. Puffin is proud to offer a strong new look for nine of our classic Roald Dahl titles. The distinctive cover treatment, with new art by Quentin Blake, will make these books easily recognizable. In addition, Quentin Blake's funny, quirky illustrations now appear in all of the books. So turn the page and you'll be sure to have a Dahl-ectable summer!

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WHEN I WAS four months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Adam Vernali, Dec 3 2005

By	Adam Vernali (Canaan, Conneticut United States of America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danny The Champion Of The World (Paperback)

This novel is extremely high-quality. "Danny the Champion of the World" is a grand paperback novel and extremely explanatory. The author is Roald Dahl When Danny's father is stuck in the hole the keepers dug to catch poachers. That's why Danny's father was home so late because he was poaching pheasants. That was an exciting moment in the novel.
The plot of the novel is to get back at Mr. Victor Hazel because he thinks he is the king of the town that he lives in. That's when Danny thinks of a way to get back at Mr. Hazel. The way is to use Danny' s fathers sleeping pills and put one forth of the sleeping pills and to put them into raisins and throw them to the pheasants. So when the pheasant eat the raisins after a little while when the pheasants go up to nest the pills will start to work and they will fall out of the trees. Then Danny and his dad go and pick up the pheasant. That also was an extremely astounding section in the novel. The characters are Danny and William (Danny's dad) those are the main characters. The reason I'm not telling the rest is because there are too many to name. The setting is somewhere in England, 1955. Danny lives in the country with his dad. Danny's dads name is William he is a mechanic and runs a filling station. Danny and his dad live in an old gypsy caravan that is behind the work shop.
The illustrations were just phenomenal. I thought that Quentin Blake was just your normal illustrator but I was wrong he is just a great no not a great but a fantastic illustrator. I think he is just one of the best illustrators I have ever heard of.
The action in this novel is so action packed every night I just wanted to keep reading. Every night my teacher gave me this book to read I wished we could finish the book it was so excellent. The description was also extremely wonderful I couldn't keep up with his vocabulary it was so high-quality.
The age range for this book is for any one who likes to read. If anybody is interested in reading this novel it is an interesting. This novel made me jumpier than a jack rabbit when it finds a carrot. You will to if you read this novel.
In the beginning Dahl describes the caravan, filling station and the shop extremely well. At the end Danny said my father is the best father a boy could ever wish for. I thought that was just so kind of Danny to say that towards his father.
This is a type of story that about a kids life. Even though he has not very much you can still have fun that is what kind of story I think this is. Danny has very little but his dad is all he needs because, that is that entire he has had all his life.
This is why I liked this book because of the action, the moments and the memories. That is why I liked this novel so incredibly much.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book Review, Jun 9 2004

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This review is from: Danny The Champion Of The World (Paperback)

Dear Reader(s),
This book is about a boy named Danny, who lives with his dad. His dad has a secret that is out and Danny is on a wild adventure to stop Mr. Hazel from finding out the secret. Mr. Hazel is a rich man with many pheasants, who's face turns red when he finds out Danny's father's secret.

This book is about the bond between father and son. There is only one thing standing in between Danny's bond with his Dad and that's the secret. We recommend this book because we like it ourselves. Be prepared, this book will take you on an adventure of a life time! But we warn you, Mr.Hazel isn't so friendly when he finds out the secret.
Our readers have some opinions about the book.
Stu- it was a good book because it was funny.
Zach- at the begining of the book I liked the plot, but I wished it would of changed at the end, more twisted.
Janel- I liked the book, it was funny, but when you learn about Danny's Dad's secret it gets better.
Savannah- It was boring at the beginning, but it got exciting towards the middle and the end.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Danny Champion of the Wrold, Nov 18 2003

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This is a very good book. It's about Danny and his dad. Thery love to go poaching to gether until one day. When Mr. Hazzel set a trap and Danny's dad got cought up in it and broke his foot.

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