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Boy: Tales of Childhood

by Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl’s childhood, in his own stories

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Roald Dahl’s childhood, in his own stories

In this autobiographical account, Roald Dahl gathers episodes from his early life that later informed the imaginative territory associated with his fiction. The book moves through childhood mischief, school experiences, a car accident, and his time as a Cadbury chocolate tester, including the incident known as the Great Mouse Plot of 1924. These recollections offer a nonfiction counterpart to Dahl’s better-known invented worlds, centering the unusual, comic, and sometimes startling details of his own boyhood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers curious about Roald Dahl’s life and the origins of ideas behind his fiction
  • Readers interested in literary autobiography and childhood memoir
  • Fans of anecdotes about schooldays, pranks, and early twentieth-century childhood

Themes

Childhood memoriesAutobiographySchool lifeMischiefImagination and storytelling

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Book overview

Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood!

From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don't yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl. Sure to captivate and delight you, the boyhood antics of this master storyteller are not to be missed!
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