Christian karatau book 9

James and the giant peach

This book is about a 4 year old boy  named james who lives with his loving parents by the sea in the south of England, until his parents are killed by a rhinoceros. As a result, James is forced to live with his two cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge, near the white cliffs of dover. For three years, James is treated as a drudge, beaten for no reason, improperly fed, and forced to sleep on bare floorboards in the attic. One summer afternoon, after some of this mistreatment, James stumbles across a strange old man, who gives him magic crocodile tongues which, when drunk with water, will bring him happiness and great adventures. On the way to the house, James spills the crocodile tongues onto a barren peach tree, which then produces a single peach as large as a house. The aunts then sell tickets to neighbours to see the giant peach.