Product Description

Classic fantasy story.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101677 in Books
• Published on: 1988-01-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

Customer Reviews

James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach is a funny and nerve racking book that you can't stop reading. This story is for all genders, and ages 10 and up.

James and the Giant Peach is about a little boy named James, whose parents died, and now lives with his wicked aunts. One day, someone suspicious gives him a bag of green things to make something spectacular, but James accidentally loses them, and all of them disappear. Suddenly, a gigantic peach grows from an old, dead, tree, which will bring James to anywhere away from his nasty aunts. On his way, he meets some unexpected guests. Some of them are help James, and some of them are very unpleasant. How is he going to get away? Find out if you read James and the Giant Peach.

The best book in the world !
James and he giant peach was one of the best books i have ever read. It was very action filled and was always exciting.Befor i started reading this book i hated reading now i love it. My favorite author is Roald Dahl He is very inspireing and lets kids like me imagin. This book tought me that reading isnt only a subject in school, it is life.
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Coming to America!
One of the more popular works in English children's literature over the last 3 decades is this short classic by Roald Dahl called James and the Giant Peach. Starting in similar fashion as Jack in the Beanstalk, a gigantic peach starts growing in the yard by a house on a hill. Occupying the house is James, a little boy whose parents were killed in a car - zoo accident. James was sent to live with his two nasty aunts who abuse him and work him. The house, by the way, is located on the West coast of the UK.

As the peach grows, James crawls inside and meets a bunch of insects and other bugs who have also grown in size with the peach, such that they are all human-sized now. The peach soon breaks loose, rolls downhill and into the ocean. From there, the peach, and all its inhabitants including James, travels to America. Along the way, James and his new friends have many grand adventures both on the ocean and flying above it with some help of sea gulls. Arriving in New York City, they are treated to a hero's welcome and live their lives happily ever after.

This book is a beautiful story, and has spawned a nice cartoon movie. The story itself has numerous allusions to other works; i.e. the part of James living with his mean aunts is reminiscing of Cinderalla. Likewise, James and his multi-species companions leaving Europe and arriving in New York City bespeaks the immigrant experience. All in all a great book for children and adults alike.