Boy and Going Solo

Boy and Going Solo

Boy and Going Solo

Boy and Going Solo

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Overview

Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume.


Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up?
In BOY you'll find out why he and his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop. He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's and he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off.
Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling.
Roald Dahl tells his story in his own words - and it's all TRUE.

And now you can listen to all of Roald Dahl's novels for children on Roald Dahl Audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!

Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780141378459
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publication date: 09/13/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 535,263
File size: 30 MB
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Age Range: 9 - 11 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Roald Dahl (Author)
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.

Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

Date of Birth:

September 13, 1916

Date of Death:

November 23, 1990

Place of Birth:

Llandaff, Wales, England

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Table of Contents

Starting-point
Papa and Mama13
Kindergarten, 1922-321
Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9)
The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop27
The Great Mouse Plot35
Mr Coombes38
Mrs Pratchett's Revenge45
Going to Norway51
The Magic Island57
A Visit to the Doctor64
St Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13)
First Day69
Writing Home74
The Matron79
Homesickness86
A Drive in the Motor-car91
Captain Hardcastle99
Little Ellis and the Boil112
Goat's Tobacco115
Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20)
Getting Dressed for the Big School123
Boazers128
The Headmaster130
Chocolates133
Corkers136
Fagging140
Games and Photography146
Goodbye School151
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