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I've always loved the movie adaptation of James and the Giant Peach, but since my childhood was strangely lacking Roald Dahl books, I just read the book for the first time. One thing I noticed was the the movie was quite true to the book in this case.
James is an orphan, living with his two horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. A mysterious man gives James some magic crystals that will make marvelous things happen to him, but James accidentally drops them on the roots of an old peach tree that doesn ...more
James is an orphan, living with his two horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. A mysterious man gives James some magic crystals that will make marvelous things happen to him, but James accidentally drops them on the roots of an old peach tree that doesn ...more
I read this book along with my 9 year old. It was fun.
Nov 30, 2008
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