Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden Tickets and wins a whole day inside the mysterious chocolate factory. Little does he know the surprises that are in store for him! (back cover) AUGUSTUS GLOOP 2 VERUCA SALT 2 VIOLET BEAUREGARDE 2 MIKE TEAVEE 2 CHARLIE BUCKET 2 Here Comes Charlie 4 Mr Willy Wonka's Factory 7 Mr Wonka and the Indian Prince 11 The Secret Workers 14 The Golden Tickets 17 The First Two Finders 19 Charlie's Birthday 22 Two More Golden Tickets Found 25 Grandpa Joe Takes a Gamble 28 The Family Begins to Starve 31 The Miracle 35 What It Said on the Golden Ticket 38 The Big Day Arrives 42 Mr Willy Wonka 45 The Chocolate Room 50 The Oompa-Loompas 53 Augustus Gloop Goes up the Pipe 56 Down the Chocolate River 63 The Inventing Room — Everlasting Gobstoppers and Hair Toffee 68 The Great Gum Machine 71 Good-bye Violet 73 Along the Corridor 80 Square Sweets That Look Round 83 Veruca in the Nut Room 85 The Great Glass Lift 92 The Television-Chocolate Room 97 Mike Teavee is Sent by Television 101 Only Charlie Left 110 The Other Children Go Home 113 Charlie's Chocolate Factory 115 About the author 119 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later. In the 2012 survey published by SLJ, a monthly with primarily US audience, Charlie was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer. Time magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way