{"product_id":"secondhand-chapter-book-age-7-10-bargain-book-box-sp4169","title":"Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 7-10) Bargain Book Box SP4169","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Chapter Book (Age 7-10) Bargain Book Box SP4169\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwelve Roald Dahls and six David Walliams: \u003cem\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Witches\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Twits\u003c\/em\u003e, both Charlies, \u003cem\u003eGangsta Granny\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDemon Dentist\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAwful Auntie\u003c\/em\u003e. Eighteen books in the current Puffin and HarperCollins editions, the entire comedy shelf of a primary-school reader in one go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrandpa’s Great Escape — David Walliams — Grandpa thinks it’s still 1940 and he’s a Spitfire pilot; Jack is the only one who plays along. When Grandpa is locked up in Twilight Towers, Jack plans a breakout. The ending in the Spitfire is a proper lump-in-throat moment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Boy in the Dress — David Walliams — Dennis loves football and Vogue, and a borrowed dress gets him into deep trouble. Walliams’ debut, more tender than anything since.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGangsta Granny — David Walliams — Ben’s boring granny turns out to be an international jewel thief with one last heist in mind: the Crown Jewels. The ending floors seven-year-olds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twits — Roald Dahl — Mr and Mrs Twit play horrible tricks on each other until the monkeys glue their furniture to the ceiling. Short, nasty, hilarious.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Giraffe and the Pelly and Me — Roald Dahl — A window-cleaning company run by a giraffe, a pelican and a monkey, and a jewel thief in the Duke’s house. The gentlest Dahl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantastic Mr Fox — Roald Dahl — Three farmers dig up the hill to get Mr Fox; he digs down to get their larders. Still the best read-aloud on the shelf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Midnight Gang — David Walliams — Tom lands on a hospital ward where the patients sneak out at midnight to grant each other’s wishes. Walliams’ kindest book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemon Dentist — David Walliams — Children wake to find their baby teeth replaced by dead slugs, and the new dentist in town smiles too much. National Book Award winner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRatburger — David Walliams — Zoe’s only friend is a rat, and a man called Burt turns up with a burger van. Walliams’ darkest, and for many his funniest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator — Roald Dahl — The elevator goes into orbit, Grandma Georgina ends up minus two years old, and the Vermicious Knids attack. Wilder than the first book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames and the Giant Peach — Roald Dahl — James’s aunts are crushed by the peach in chapter one. He crosses the Atlantic inside it with a crew of giant insects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoy — Roald Dahl — The Great Mouse Plot, the sweet shop, the beatings at Repton. Dahl’s real childhood, where every villainous adult came from.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Witches — Roald Dahl — A convention of witches at a seaside hotel plan to turn every child in England into a mouse. The boy doesn’t get turned back. Dahl’s bravest ending.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAwful Auntie — David Walliams — Stella wakes in a country house with her parents dead and Aunt Alberta plotting to take it, with an owl as her enforcer. National Book Award winner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatilda — Roald Dahl — A genius five-year-old, parents who despise her, Miss Trunchbull hurling children by their pigtails, and the power to move things with her mind. The one everybody loves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roald Dahl — Five golden tickets, four awful children and a factory that deals with each of them. Meaner and better than either film.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEsio Trot — Roald Dahl — Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver, 140 tortoises and a spell written backwards. Short, sweet, funnier than it sounds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge’s Marvellous Medicine — Roald Dahl — George brews his grandmother a new medicine from everything in the house. She grows through the roof.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618660946139,"sku":"SP4169","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4169.jpg?v=1791858444","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-chapter-book-age-7-10-bargain-book-box-sp4169","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}