Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

by DAHL, ROALDBLAKE, QUENTIN

• ISBN13: 9780375815256
• ISBN10: 0375815252
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-11
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Summary

Mr. Willy Wonka might be a genius with chocolate, but Charlie and his family don't trust his flying skills one bit. And right now, he's at the helm of a giant glass elevator that's picking up speed and hurtling through space with Charlie and the entire Bucket family stuck inside! Roald Dahl's uproarious sequel toCharlie and the Chocolate Factoryis certain to delight and entertain a new generation of readers.

Author Biography

Roald Dahl is, quite simply, one of the best-loved children’s book authors of all time. He died in 1990 in Oxford, England, at the age of 74.<br><br>Quentin Blake has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books. The Children’s Laureate of the United Kingdom, he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art in London.

Table of Contents

Mr. Wonka Goes Too Far	1	(9)
Space Hotel ``U.S.A.''	10	(7)
The Link-Up	17	(7)
The President	24	(10)
Men from Mars	34	(9)
Invitation to the White House	43	(5)
Something Nasty in the Elevators	48	(5)
The Vermicious Kinds	53	(8)
Gobbled Up	61	(8)
Commuter Capsule in Trouble Knid Attack Number One	69	(6)
The Battle of the Knids	75	(11)
Back to the Chocolate Factory	86	(5)
How Wonka-Vite Was Invented	91	(9)
Recipe for Wonka-Vite	100	(4)
Good-Bye, Georgina	104	(16)
Vita-Wonk and Minusland	120	(9)
Rescue in Minusland	129	(6)
The Oldest Person in the World	135	(11)
The Babies Grow Up	146	(5)
How to Get Someone Out of Bed	151