Reviewed by ABCD Childrens Book Club - Charlie Bucket lives with his family, Grandpa Joe and grandmother Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina and his mother and father. They live in a small house and are very poor. His grandparents are elderly and stay in bed all day long. Charlies father works hard in a tooth paste factory, but regardless of how hard he works he never makes enough money to feed his family. They live on cabbage and cabbage soup, and Charlie is always hungry. Charlie loves chocolate and receives a chocolate bar for his birthday every year. The great Willy Wonkas chocolate factory is located near where Charlie lives.
Wonka shut himself off from the public years before because his workers were selling his new ideas to rival companies. He makes an announcement that he's opening his factory to the 5 lucky individuals who find a gold ticket in his chocolate bars. The lucky winners are Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee, Violet Beauregarde and Charlie Bucket. Mr Wonkas Factory is full of thrilling surprises. Charlie and the kids see the Oompa Loompas and all the extraordinary things in the factory. The greedy Augustus falls into a pool of chocolate and has to be extracted from the pool filter.
Violet, is addicted to gum and turns blue with Wonka's new gum. Mike Teavee, a very rude Television addict, is shrunk to Television size, and the nasty and very demanding, Veruca Salt is thrown into the trash chute to be incinerated. Charlie, our hero, is the last remaining kid and wins the prize. Mr Wonka wants him and his family to live with him in the factory and also to take over the factory when he gets old. This book was enjoyed by the members of the ABCD book club. They liked the humor and thought the story had a good ending.
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