Great classic book.
By the same author as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The further adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka with a rollicking hilarity, incorporating a broad, wickedly fey satire of the United States space program and Washington bureaucracy that adults, too, will relish.
Overview: Starting where "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" left off - in the Great Glass Elevator - this story takes Charlie, Mr. Wonka, Charlie's parents and grandparents on a most extraordinary journey. Thanks to Mr. Wonka dn a couple of buttons that did and did not get pushed, the Great Glass Elevator and all its passengers find themselves orbiting in space. A super American space hotel, ferocious battles with the dread Vermicious Knids, a nervous President, and a most unusual Vice President - these are only some of the people, places and things you will encounter on this marvelous, cliffhanging adventure.
Review: If you or your child have read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", you'll definitely want to read "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It takes the story further and answers the question, "What happened next?" the first Roald Dahl book left.
Review: If you or your child have read "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", you'll definitely want to read "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It takes the story further and answers the question, "What happened next?" the first Roald Dahl book left.
Charlie Bucket last seen flying a giant elevator through the skies in Charlei adn the Chocolate Factory, is sitll flying. Only now he and Mr.wanka have picked up Charlie's parents, and the elevatror has picked up speed. They're through the roof again, and launched on a fantastick journey to outer space! Visiting the world's first hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, making the President of the United States very nervous and saving the world-and it's only the beginning of this remarkable, cliff-hagging adventue.
