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James and the Giant Peach

Title: __James and the Giant Peach__  Author: Roald Dahl  Genre: Fiction  Nominated By: Anna Dormitzer

In James and the Giant Peach there are a couple main characters. James, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Earthworm, the Centipede, Miss Spider, Ladybug, and the Glow Worm are the main characters. James wants to live a normal life with friends and nice people around him like we do but when James’s parents are eaten by a hippopotamus that doesn’t happen. He is forced to live with his 2 wicked aunts, which he is not happy about. His aunts treat him really badly- like a slave. But then a large peach grows on their orange tree. What does James do? Investigate of course! When James went through a fairly large hole in the peach what does he find? Bugs! He and the bugs go on a life changing adventure together. But you will have to find out what happens next!

Here are two reasons why I nominated James and the Giant Peach. I like the uniqueness of the book. I think it is sort of unusual for a young boy and bugs to work together in a giant peach. All of the bugs (and people) get along just fine together and I don’t think that would be true in real life. Usually people just step on bugs. The next reason I nominated this book is I really like this author. He is a really good author for children. I have read many of the books by the author. I like the author’s ideas that he writes about. I know Roald Dahl is a good children’s author because I have read many of his books. I have read The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Danny Champion of the world. That is why I nominate James and the Giant Peach for 4GBA.

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