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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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Start date
May 1, 2022
Finish date
May 31, 2022
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New School Classics- 1915-2005
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May 2022 New School Classic Group Read

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Heather L
Aug 17, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: childrens-middle-grade, group-read, book-to-movie, 2016, 2022
It was interesting reading this book after seeing "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" so many times over the years, and noting the many differences -- most of which, I think, made sense in fleshing out a beloved children's classic in order to bring it to screen. ...more
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Carrie
Jun 01, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: middle-grade, library, childrens, willows, childrens-classics
Wonderful.
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Suvi
Jun 06, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: _great-britain, 1940-1969, children, food-and-drink
I want to read some other Dahl books some day. This was really funny and at that time the first really eccentric book I had read.
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Julia
Jul 15, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, re-reading
Still love it despite the completely un-pc loathing for fatness.
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Jason
Aug 26, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library
Exactly like the movie. Great book.
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Lisa
Aug 09, 2007 rated it it was amazing
amanda
Aug 22, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Elizabeth
Sep 06, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mo
Jan 09, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Terri
Mar 13, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Michele
Mar 19, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: ya
Mandi
May 27, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Christian
Aug 30, 2009 marked it as tilføjet-til-bibliotek  ·  review of another edition
Ashley
Mar 11, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Haze
May 30, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Robyn Gail
Sep 29, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favorites
Idit
May 30, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
1 like · 
Jennifer
May 31, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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