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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Ages 7–10 Reading age 9 Novel Set in somewhere magical funnyadventurous

Five children win a tour of a secret sweet factory. Four of them are greedy, and the factory deals with each in its own inventive way.

A story about children and families, funny and adventurous in tone. We would put it with children of 7–10, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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