Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket #2)

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrations)

3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 · rating details · 37,367 ratings · 835 reviews

Now that Charlie has won the chocolate factory, what's next? Even wilder adventures, that'swhat! Join him, Grandpa Joe, and, of course, Willy Wonka for the amazing, intergalactic sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Paperback, 166 pages

Published May 5th 2005 by Puffin (first published 1972)

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Apr 30, 2013 Jason Koivu rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just discovered Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was written the year I was born. Apparently a lot of my favorite childhood kids' books were written that year. 1972 seemed to be the year of the fanciful/magical and/or pastoral/nature-oriented kids' book: Watership Down, All Creatures Great and Small, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Frog and Toad #2, Earthsea Cycle #3, which might explain a few things about me...but which more likely has a whole lot more to say about where the American rea...more

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Dec 21, 2010 Jeanette rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: all-fiction, books-little-me-loved, for-the-munchkins, just-plain-bizarre, science-fiction

I remember as a kid being quite disappointed by this book, having so thoroughly loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now I can see why I wasn't that thrilled with this second one. I wasn't into anything smacking of sci-fi or space travel as a kid. There were probably a few exceptions, but I mostly steered clear of those books.

This book is weird. It's almost two books merged into one. The first 92 pages or so is somewhat of a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for kids. It's that weird and off...more

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Feb 11, 2010 Ordinary Dahlia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Haiyah...tidak ada yang biasa kalau sudah bersinggungan dengan Mr.Willy Wonka. Itu yang terjadi dengan charlie setelah dia mengunjungi Chocolate factory-nya.

Elevator yang seharusnya membawa Mr. Wonka dan keluarga charlie malah semakin naik naik naik dan naik terus sampai ke ruang angkasa hanya gara2 Mr. Wonka telat nekan tombol elevator ! *woalaaaaaaah* huahahahahaha...

Di angkasa pun tidak luput dari kejadian luar biasa. Mereka coba jadi orang pertama yang menginjak Space Hotel USA (pengarang ng...more

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Apr 14, 2007 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2005, juvenile-fiction, science-fiction, re-read, library

A childhood favorite which was even wackier than I remember it being. The plot is all over the place and takes the characters into outer space to fight an alien race intent on eating humans, back to the chocolate factory, and into Minusland. A fun romp, though not as good as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because of the randomness of the plot. The humor was also much punnier, which is not something I enjoy, and it outdated itself with some racial slurs in the beginning that would have been fi...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Kynan rated it 2 of 5 stars

I came across a copy of this at a local cafe this morning and read the first couple of pages without any memories being stirred, which I found rather odd as I thought I'd read (and re-read) all of Mr Dahl's books when I was much younger. I grabbed our copy out of the box set when I got home and went through it. As I read about the Vermicious Knids it stated coming back to me.

I think the reason I didn't remember it is because I didn't really like it anywhere near as much as Charlie and the Chocol...more

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Jun 05, 2013 Nadia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-with-pictures, children, sci-fi

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This book tells a continued adventure of Charlie and Willy Wonka and the wonders of the Great Glass Elevator. When trying to get back to the chocolate factory by the elevator, it goes at a high speed and accidentally, they find themselves floating in space.

Meanwhile in space, resides a space hotel known as Space Hotel USA bu...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Robert rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 4-9, dahl, series, humorous, space, vps, in-classroom

This is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My heavens, this was not good. This is the only Dahl book I have read to date that did not interest me in the least. It was contrived . . . and contrived badly.

The first half of the book placed our hero and Mr. Wonka in space. Yes, it was a bad Miss Frizzle episode. Horrid, I say. The premise of that part was that the elevator had gone into orbit accidentally and they had no control over returning. After bouncing around with knids and othe...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Ensiform rated it 4 of 5 stars

The sequel to the famous book about the chocolate factory, this book begins in media res with Charlie Bucket, the eccentric and magical Wonka, and Charlie’s extended family all in the titular glass elevator, hurtling up into space. With a total disregard for how gravity or any other boring reality works, Dahl has the group fly to the newly built Space Hotel, meet up with some belligerent shape-changing aliens (the Vermicious Knids), rescue some astronauts, and return to Earth where, their cosmic...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Wayne S. rated it 4 of 5 stars

At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Buckett, who has just won a whole chocolate factory from Willy Wonka the eccentric candy maker, is flying through the sky in a great glass elevator along with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buckett, his grandparents, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, and Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina, and Mr. Wonka. They visit the world’s first space hotel, but the astronauts who are shuttling the staff to the hotel, and everyone on earth watching the pr...more At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Buckett, who has just won a whole chocolate factory from Willy Wonka the eccentric candy maker, is flying through the sky in a great glass elevator along with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buckett, his grandparents, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, and Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina, and Mr. Wonka. They visit the world’s first space hotel, but the astronauts who are shuttling the staff to the hotel, and everyone on earth watching the proceedings, including President of the United States Lancelot R. Gilligrass, think that the glass elevator is a space capsule carrying aliens. Then when Charlie and the others land on the space hotel, they find that it has been invaded by real aliens. Who are the invaders? Where did they come from? Will Charlie and his friends escape or will they be gobbled up by the aliens?

Roald Dahl has written some good books and some not-so-good ones. James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr. Fox are all right but nothing to write home about. The Vicar of Nibbleswick is not among my favorites. And Mathilda is one with which I definitely have some objections. However, I really liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was a fun story that also illustrated some good principles. Sequels are seldom as good as the originals, and that is the case here. It seems as if Dahl was pressed to provide a follow-up and did so without a real cohesive theme. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is certainly not a bad book, and most kids will probably like it. A few common euphemisms (heck, golly, gee) occur; the phrase “O my lord” is used once as an interjection; the Nanny-Vice-President sings of the President, “I used to sit him on the pot and wait for him to wee;” and there is a reference to drinking gin. Otherwise, it is a somewhat silly children’s tale, and there is nothing necessarily wrong with that. But it is a bit disconnected and lacks much of the charm of its predecessor.(less)

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Mar 29, 2012 Anthony rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile-fiction

“Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” picks up where “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” left of, but if “’Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ is Dahl at his best…” then “Charlie and the great Glass Elevator is Dahl at his worst. However, children will still love the silliness of it all.

The best way to describe “…the Great Glass Elevator” is clumsy and inane. The Big differences between “Chocolate Factory” and “…Glass Elevator” is that former is silly with a point and congruent within itself, an...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Ben rated it 2 of 5 stars

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie and the great glass elevator is a sequel of ‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’
by Roald Dahl. It starts off right were Charlie and the chocolate factory left off.
Where they are flying through the sky in the glass elevator. Throughout the whole
book the author Roald Dahl makes up his own wacky words, which he is well, know for.

After picking up the rest of Charlie’s family, the Great Glass Elevator ends up rocketing
into orbit around the earth.
They the...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

In the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, author Roald Dahl picks up right where he left off. Literally. The book begins with the old ones still in their bed and the bed itself being squeezed into the Great Glass Elevator. From there a madcap adventure starts, shooting them into outer space where they orbit the earth, battle an alien race, and rescue a commuter space shuttle all before returning the Chocolate Factory itself. Of course this isn't the end of the adventure, it is merely t...more

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Apr 14, 2010 Tina Johnson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: tween-boys

This book picks up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off. Charlie is aboard the elevator with Mr. Wonka, his parents and grandparents and they take off on a journey to outer space. When the elevator starts orbiting the earth, Wonka sees a way to stop by linking to a new space hotel created by the US government. When the operators of hte hotel see the mysterious elevator they think that there are hostile aliens inside. It turns out that Vernacious Knids have arrived at the space hotel...more

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Jun 18, 2013 Kristen Wampner rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Book Cover: I thought this book cover was fun, colorful, & eye catching. I love how it incorporates illustrations from the story on the cover and gives you just enough to wonder what all happens in the book. *STAR*

Story: I loved this continuation of the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Story. The story will keep you on your toes and is a great children's read and also a great read to help you open up your imagination and get you out of a reading rut. *STAR*

Author: I had never read anythi...more

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Aug 22, 2012 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s

Directly after finishing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I moved on to its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. For years I didn’t even know there was a sequel! After picking this up at the library, I still had no idea what it was about. The blurb on the back was vague. Something about adventures and Wonka never being dull.

Very vague indeed.

It was a slow starter for me, despite it starting off straight after the last book, as Charlie, Grandpa Joe and Willy Wonka arrive at Charlie’s h...more Directly after finishing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I moved on to its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. For years I didn’t even know there was a sequel! After picking this up at the library, I still had no idea what it was about. The blurb on the back was vague. Something about adventures and Wonka never being dull.

Very vague indeed.

It was a slow starter for me, despite it starting off straight after the last book, as Charlie, Grandpa Joe and Willy Wonka arrive at Charlie’s house to take his family back to the factory with them.
Charlie’s other grandparents become awkward and through them, the elevator gets stuck in space, where they are mistaken for aliens by some American astronauts and the President of the United States. Then some real aliens turn up and attack them all, leaving Charlie, Wonka and Charlie’s family to save the day. Then in an attempt to get his elderly grandparents out of the bed they have lived in for years, Wonka gives them pills that will make them younger. Overdosing then makes Charlie and Wonka take a trip to ‘Minusland’ to save Grandma Georgina and return her to her original age.

When I first mentioned my attempts at reading the Charlie books, my fiancé told me he was sure there was a 3rd book. There isn’t, but we both know where he went wrong now. This book does feel like 2 separate stories. For the last few chapters it takes a different turn when they finally make it back to the chocolate factory. It only gets brought back together by the letter from the president which almost feels tacked on to two separate stories to make it work.

As for characters, I do still love Willy Wonka in this book. Charlie is as meh as ever, but he does show how fast a learner he is with some of his lines. Grandpa Joe is pretty much side-lined. Charlie’s parents don’t say much until the ‘part 2’ of the book, but what is amusing is that Dahl points out all the time that they are ridiculously silent. Then there are Charlie’s other grandparents. Well, they have developed into quite irritating, selfish people. It’s like they replaced the children of the first book in terms of being bratty and annoying. They do everything they possibly can to be awkward and get their own way. In the end I was so fed up of them that I thought they deserved to be shrunken into babies/non-existence. But as it is a children’s book, such an ending couldn’t stand, and the grandparents must be brought back to learn a lesson and be satisfied with their original ages.

Speaking of lessons; the first book had a moral to tell the kids after each child met their fate in the factory and the sequel is quite similar. One moral that sticks out (after the whole ‘be grateful for what you have got/don’t wish yourself older or younger/be careful what you wish for’ one, I mean) is ‘don’t go fishing about in medicine cabinets and swallowing unknown pills’ which could then extend into a drug metaphor. So it is education/preachy as well as fun.

Overall, I thought the book was okay, just a bit of a let-down compared to the first one. Which is probably why no-one has bothered to make a film version of it.(less)

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Jul 17, 2012 Yvonne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: gelesene-bücher

igentlich wollte Willy Wonka nur mit den Buckets von ihrem Haus zurück zu seiner Schokoladenfabrik. Durch ein tragisches Versehen jedoch landen die Insassen, bestehend aus Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Mutter und Vater Bucket, Großvater Georg und Großvater Josef, sowie Großmutter Georgina und Großmutter Josefina, in der Erdumlaufbahn. Hier müßen die Helden des Buches ein Abenteuer nach dem anderen bestehen. Zum Beispiel wird ihnen die Besichtigung des ersten Raumhotel beinahe zum Verhängnis, als...more igentlich wollte Willy Wonka nur mit den Buckets von ihrem Haus zurück zu seiner Schokoladenfabrik. Durch ein tragisches Versehen jedoch landen die Insassen, bestehend aus Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Mutter und Vater Bucket, Großvater Georg und Großvater Josef, sowie Großmutter Georgina und Großmutter Josefina, in der Erdumlaufbahn. Hier müßen die Helden des Buches ein Abenteuer nach dem anderen bestehen. Zum Beispiel wird ihnen die Besichtigung des ersten Raumhotel beinahe zum Verhängnis, als sie plötzlich von Astronauten entdeckt wurden. Diese konnten nicht erkennen das es sich bei dem UFO um einen simplen gläsernen Fahrstuhl handelt und das die Aliens ganz normale Menschen sind. Also wird dem Präsidenten der USA Meldung gemacht. Dieser versucht, mit den vermeidlichen Aliens Kontakt aufzunehmen, was sich aber als nicht so einfach heraus stellt. Willy Wonka treibt seine Späße mit dem Präsidenten und gibt vor, das sie von einem anderen Planeten kommen. Was die Reisenden aber nicht wißen können; im Raumhotel hat es tatsächlich Aliens, die nur schon auf die ersten Menschen warten! Nach einigen bestandenen Abenteuern geht es nun aber zurück in die Schokoladenfabrik von Willy Wonka.
Da Herr Wonka nicht nur ausgezeichnetet Schokolade machen kann, sondern auch die irrsten Dinge erfindet, dauerte es nicht lange, und er erfand eine Pille, die jeden, der eine davon zu sich nahm, 20 Jahre jünger machte. Auch Charlies Großerltern sollten eine davon einnehmen. Doch kam es dabei zu einem Zwischenfall, durch den Willy Wonka und Charlie gezwungen wurden, in eine andere Welt zu reisen, um Großmutter Josefine zu retten. Diese hat, gegen den Rat von Herrn Wonka, mehr als nur eine Pille genommen und ist dadurch zu einem Minus geworden.

'Charlie und der gläsere Fahrstuhl' ist ein sehr unterhaltsames Kinderbuch, jedoch kommt es meiner Meinung nach nicht an den Vorgänger heran. Die Geschichte im Weltall gefällt mir nicht so gut aber dennoch war es schön die alten und liebgewonnen Charaktere wie Charlie, seinen Großvater und Willy Wonka wiederzusehen. Natürlich kommt auch in diesem Buch Willy Wonkas Ironie und Witz nicht zu kurz!(less)

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Feb 20, 2012 Cherin Park rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book is the second series for the Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator starts with the story of Mr. Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family going up into the sky with the Great Glass Elevator. Mr. Willy Wonka needed a hole for the Chocolate Factory, so they went up further and further. Soon, Grandma Georgina got nervous and she made Mr. Willy Wonka out of control. Then the elevator goes into outer space. During a journey of...more Warning: Contains spoiler!
This book is the second series for the Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator starts with the story of Mr. Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family going up into the sky with the Great Glass Elevator. Mr. Willy Wonka needed a hole for the Chocolate Factory, so they went up further and further. Soon, Grandma Georgina got nervous and she made Mr. Willy Wonka out of control. Then the elevator goes into outer space. During a journey of the outer space, they coincidently meet a space hotel ‘USA’ . So they all got curious about that machine and decides to link up with it. When they were in the space hotel, 5 of the Vermicious Knids which are very harmful creature that human should be aware of appeared and showed them a sign of ‘SCRAM’. Mr. Wonka noticed the danger and instantly brought Charlie and his family back to the Great Glass Elevator. Then he brings the transport capsule to the Earth with them, but in their way, Vermicious Knid attack them. However Knids burn up in the atmosphere when they reach Earth’s surface. So Mr. Wonka activates the rocket that can reenter the Earth. Soon, Vermicious Knid burned up and they could arrive to the Chocolate factoty safe. After that long journey, Mr. Willy Wonka wants Charlie’s family to help him run the Chocolate factory, so he recommand’s his invention, Wonka Vite, to them which makes them younger. However Grandmother Georgina got greedy and took too much for her age, and she disappears into the minusland.Then Charlie and Mr.Wonka goes back to minusland to save Gradmother Georgina.I really enjoyed this book because it was very easy to read and understand. Also the plot of this story was very fun to read. I really liked the part where Mr. Wonka having trouble with Vermicious Knid. Also the part where Grandmother Georgina gets frustrated by Vermicious Knid and how high the Grass Elevator goes up. When you need some time to relax, I really recommend you this book. (less)

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Sep 24, 2011 Cliff rated it 2 of 5 stars

Surprise, I can definitely say that I do not recall ever having read the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now that I have, it's little wonder to me why it is not nearly as popular as the first. First, the good...the story is typical Dahl, rather stream-of-consciousness, rather than with any semblance of an organized plot. It is interesting and unexpected. However, this is outweighed by an over-reliance on jokes and puns. And particularly unfortunate is that what may have been accepta...more

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May 29, 2009 Namratha Kumar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-fantasy, classics, young-and-not-so-restless

Oh my Sainted Pants!....Oh my Painted Ants! :)

I think the following poem, rendered by the formidable Miss.Tibbs in honour of the President deserves special mention. Dahl's comic timing and astuteness were best seen in his whacky poems. So here goes:

The Nurse's Song

This mighty man of whom I sing,
The greatest of them all,
Was once a teeny little thing,
Just eighteen inches tall.

I knew him as a tiny tot,
I nursed him on my knee.
I used to sit him on the pot
And wait for him to wee.

I always washed betwee...more

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May 09, 2013 Samantha Tai added it · review of another edition

Two things came to mind as I read Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. First, I don't remember how old I was when I first read it. But I remember being very excited to read it because I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so much. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ends with Charlie finding out he will one day own Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. I wanted to read more about this Chocolate Factory. Instead Charlie, Willy Wonka and Charlie's family end up in outer space in a space hotel! I had...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Carly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Este libro es fantástico, Roald consigue que te rías y te emociones con sus tan disparatados diálogos, y con esa personalidad tan jocosa y única de Willy Wonka.

La historia, es, como lo dije en cuanto a los diálogos, disparatada, comienza donde, supongo yo, quedó el libro anterior, que es el tan famoso Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate, le debo a Roald leerlo, porque sé que será tanto o más asombroso que éste.

En la trama nos encontramos con un ascensor de cristal, un hotel en el espacio, unos m...more

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Sep 01, 2009 Linda Lipko rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sadly, I finally found a Dahl book that was not as captivating and creative as the others.

It simply felt as though the plot was tedious, cumbersome and way too overdrawn.
The story line is a sequel to Charles and the Chocolate Factory. In this book, Charlie and Willy Wonka inform the family the starvation is over and life will be much improved as they are all moving into the chocolate factory that Charlie has now inherited.

Before reaching the destination of the factory, the family is taken for a...more

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Mar 30, 2009 Josiah rated it 2 of 5 stars

"It was an unhappy truth...that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at take".

--Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

This book actually exceeded my expectations. In my thinking, it is almost certainly the most hilarious Roald Dahl book that I have ever read. Especially in the interactions very early on with the U.S. President, I was laughing out loud big-time, and very frequently, a first for me with Roald Dahl Stories. The humor is one of this book's...more

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Apr 14, 2010 Anamelissa rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone with great imagination and humor!

Recommended to Anamelissa by: Myself!!!

So, I finally got around to reading part two in the Willy Wonka series, The Great Glass Elevator. It was fantastic!!! A completely new story, with old characters, as well as new, that we never explored! But no worries, the Wonka we loves still remains!
Roald Dahl is perhaps my all time favorite childrens' writer from now on. You get completely sucked in, I had found myself reading from cover to cover for hours without stop. I was determined to finish that book undisturbed.
The way he writes is pla...more

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Apr 24, 2010 Al rated it 5 of 5 stars

The kids are really getting into reading "chapter books" at bedtime now instead of 2-3 Cat in the Hat-type books. So I sit in the big rocking chair in Jack's room, they cuddle up on Jack's bed in their pajamas and we read a chapter or two every night.

It wasn't until we finished this book and started Stuart Little that I began to appreciate Roald Dahl fully. After a long day, this book can be a bit challenging to read aloud. But once you get Dahl's cadences and style, it's quite fun.

But most stri...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Anthony Paolucci rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not that I'm anyone to criticize the work of a genius, but I just felt that this would have worked better as a separate story and not as a sequel to "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory." As wonderfully absurd as Mr. Dahl tends to be in his writing, I think readers were expecting certain things from a book like this, none of which was covered in this story. The first half was pleasantly unexpected, exciting, and amusing, but the second half...I guess I just didn't care about Charlie's elders and...more

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Mar 10, 2012 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens, humour

When I came upon “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” I was surprised. Who knew that Dahl had written a sequel to his famous classic kids’ novel. I slid the audio CD into my car stereo, and found myself laughing a lot! Wow! Dahl’s sequel is as good if not better than his first book. VHugely funny was the dialogue between the grandparents, the arrival of the “Vernicious knids”, the President of the United States with his nanny etc. etc. This was a very funny book and I was enjoying it immensely...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Julia Miller rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: elementary, middle-school, modern-fantasy, novels, pre-2000

At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we are left with a scene of triumph: young Charlie and Willy Wonka, along with Charlie's grandparents, are gathered together in the glass elevator, on their way back to the factory. However, Wonka's elevator is as wild and crazy as his factory. Due to an operating error, they overshoot the factory and end up in outer space! Their adventures get them muddled up with the American government and terrible creatures, as well as the world's first Space...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Kate Z rated it 5 of 5 stars

We (all) really loved this book. Kevin and I both read it with Will and every night we'd talk about it and what a great mind Roald Dahl has. There are movies for kids these days which attempt to appeal to kids on one level and adults on another. This book was an absolutely perfect - and genius - example of doing that and doing it well.

I generally don't appreciate books with messages or a very strong point of view but I make an exception in this case. Oh my gosh, the grandparents taking the yout...more

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Jan 11, 2010 Aaron rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: grade-8-ir-books

The adventure of the original book continues in this sequel. Charlie and his family as well as Mr.Wonka go to space using the his great glass elevator. But they are confused with martians, and the president demands them to be destroyed. They run from them and land in the factory. The president allows them to go the white house for being mistaken. Charlie and his family are all happy as they drive to the whit house.

I can relate with Charlie. He and I work very hard. We both have many hard problem...more

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