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    <body><![CDATA[When I was in third grade, the first great crush of my life, Scott Murphy, stood up on the picnic table outside of the trailer that housed my third grade class and instead of reading his lines -- James' words -- from his paperback copy while we were all trying to rehearse the chapter we were suppose...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29269589">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A funny, dark and poetic book. I read this after seeing a documentary about Roald Dahls' life and hearing some of the book's passages narrated within the perspective of his time cramped up in a WWII bomber plane as a bombardier (he was very tall). The peach represents the polar opposite of being in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4027060">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I grew up with a swelling admiration for Roald Dahl. I read everything and anything he would write until I was quoting text word for word. James and the Giant Peach was the one I treasured the most. I lived through the so lovely and ever innocent James as I did with almost every other adorable chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10383005">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a highlight of my childhood, I remember it fondly and I look forward to reading it to my kids. Great imagery, great rhythm, great story for anyone who has ever felt lonely and wanted to escape to somewhere magical and wonderful. A giant peach is as good as any place. Highly recommended...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36865816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the Pantheon that is Roald Dahl, I find that James and the Giant Peach gets the shaft. I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention it as their favorite, but after this most recent read, I've decided that Dahl's Odyssey includes some of the best parts of his writing. It is eerily bizarre, wonderf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41135945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I shouldn't be allowed to read classic children's literature. My brain simply doesn't appreciate its intended purpose - creativity, imagination, fantasy. Instead, I wonder, &quot;What's the point here?&quot; Sometimes, there is a point, but I think with Ronald Dahl, the focus is placed on the magic ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33939632">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  This is yet another one of Roald Dahl's books. In this book James lives with his cruel aunts after his parents were killed and eaten up by a rhinoceros which escaped from the London Zoo. I don;t find this true since rhinoceros are herbivores and are not known to eat any humans at all. But with tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37379704">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[James Henry Trotter, whose parents were killed by a stampeding rhino, is stuck with his wicked aunts.  His life changes forever when he meets an old man who gives him some magic crystals, which he is supposed to drink.  Before he can follow the old man's instructions, he trips and spills the crystal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11756886">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I listen to this on cd with Waverly (and Henry a bit).  Jermey Irons's reading is great - he does all these crazy voices.  <br/><br/>Peter got it for the kids for Christmas, and I was nervous because I remembered this as being really scary and strange.  Its a little harsh (the mean Aunts get squis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43762488">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a really exciting and suspenseful book.My favorite part about it was when James and all of the bugs were in the peach and the birds were carrying the peach over the ocean.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     <em>James and the Giant Peach</em> by Roald Dahl is a great book to read if you dont know what's the right book for you to read. It is about thisboy named James Henry Trotter. He is very miserable after his parents died in a bad, strange rhinoceros accident. He had no choice to move in with his mean aun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40349518">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poor James, stuck living with his two crabby aunts. One day a peculiar thing happens, which leads to another peculiar thing happening and before you know it, James is living on a giant peach with some huge bugs. Sounds bizarre, right? And to be honest, it IS rather bizarre. To be living amongst huge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80552199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Annotations:<br/><br/>A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.<br/><br/>Awards, Honors, Prizes:<br/><br/>Kanga Award, 2004 Top 15 Book Year 3-5 Australia <br/><br/>Reading Measurement Programs:<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75503767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story took place at James’ home, then on the road, and lastly James’ Aunts’ house.  AT the beginning of James and the Giant Peach, James’ parents got eaten bya  huge whale.  So that caused James to live with his mean and annoying aunts.  James had no other family, so he had no choice bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75003719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr.Dahl strikes again. <strong>‘James and The Giant Peach’</strong> begs to be read aloud...aloud to an open-mouthed, hanging-on-to-your-every-word, filled-with-awe pre-teen audience.<br/><br/>There’s an ill-treated orphan called <strong>J</strong>ames <strong>H</strong>enry <strong>T</strong>rotter who’s blighted by a pair of wicked aunts: Aunt Spiker and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57247440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it but again Roald Dahl is a very chidish writer but the books are still ok.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl<br/>Rating: 7/10. Amusing, but not the best Dahl has to offer.<br/>Plot: When James' parents die, he goes to live with his cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge. He suffers through this obediently for several years, and then a most peculiar thing happens- a strange ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42519222">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt<br/>Spiker. After three years he becomes &quot;the saddest and loneliest boy you could find.&quot; Then one day, a wizened old man in a dark-green ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80062249">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. This short book has delightful characterizations: the nasty aunts are really nasty. The other characters prove to be quirky and fun.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52461085">more...</a>]]></body>
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