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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: book-to-movie, 2022, group-read, childrens-middle-grade, 2016
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: library, middle-grade, willows, childrens, childrens-classics
Wonderful.
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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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Michele
Mar 19, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: ya
Liz
Apr 12, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Alex Kohn
May 21, 2010 rated it liked it
Katie
Jul 07, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Ashley
Mar 11, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Andrea
May 04, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own
Gaijinmama
Dec 29, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kids, fantasy
Shay
Dec 04, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
NM
Feb 15, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Martha
Dec 30, 2015 rated it liked it
Julie
May 02, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: kids-books
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Idit
May 30, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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David S. T.
Dec 31, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Shannon
Mar 02, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 5-stars, kids-12under, xx-2009
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