James and The Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant peach is about a boy named James. He used to live in a nice house by the sea. He had everything a kid would want to have. The sand, the sea and the different children to play with but when both his parents leave to go to London to do some shopping, they are eaten up by a loose rhino from the London Zoo. He was left alone as an orphan and was taken care of by his 2 Aunts. His Aunt’s names are Aunt Spike and Aunt Sponge.  They don’t like James and let him do all the chores, letting him suffer. Aunt Spike is slim and Aunt Sponge is very round and plump. Outside, they have a tree that doesn’t bear fruit. But one day, James notices something different about the tree. Something was growing! He went closer to have a closer look and to his big surprise a peach was growing though Aunt Spike and Aunt Sponge claimed to have found it. Days passed and the peach grew bigger and bigger until it was too big to hang onto the tree. James finds insects and follows them. When James follows them, makes friends with them, they set off on their unexpected adventure in the giant peach. As they leave Aunt Sponge and Spike’s house, both Aunts are squashed and flattened by the peach. Since then, James’ life changed.

My favourite character in the book is James. He is obedient and loyal even though he doesn’t like to do the hard chores such as chopping firewood. His Aunts treat him badly and he still doesn’t complain and he doesn’t lose his temper.

I recommend this book to children ages 8 and above. Roald Dahl is a great author for different ages and I think children that love adventure and Roald Dahl, they would be head over heels with this book.