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BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop.
There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's.
You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off . . .
Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. All are true.

You can listen to all of Roald Dahl's stories on Puffin Audiobooks, read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios!

Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.

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9 - 12 years
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180 pages
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English
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Puffin
Publication date

4 September 2008
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978-0141322766
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A shimmering fabric of his yesterdays, the magic and the hurt ― Observer

Brilliantly coloured, sometimes grotesque and sometimes magical ― Sunday Times

As frightening and funny as his fiction ― New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Roald Dahl's account of his childhood is now reissued in our beautiful hardback format, with - for the first time - Quentin Blake's stunning illustrations --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00358VHYM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin (4 September 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5901 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 180 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 117,607 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 2 in Children's Literary Biographies
- 11 in Literary Biographies for Children
- 159 in Biographies & Memoirs of Authors

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Roald Dahl

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The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author.

His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG.

He died in November 1990.

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Maggie Baker

Brutal Honesty

Reviewed in Australia on 3 May 2021

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This is often a harrowing tale of excessive sadism meted out to young school boys in the public school system by teaching misfits, and regular masters alike, ostensibly to toughen them up. I am amazed that the author didn’t ‘come of age’ with a jaded view of humanity. Thankfully, he had a loving family to support him, and to give him some balance. The childhood antics are as humorous as they are consequential. The young author certainly does not get away with much. Despite the bleakness in some of this story, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read.

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phsmith@netconnect.com.au

Great Read

Reviewed in Australia on 23 February 2020

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Awesome read but it could of had a bit more length. Recommended to readers aged 6-10. It would be fine for a eleven or twelve year old to read.

Reviewed in Australia on 30 July 2016

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Well worth reading. Entertaining and informative. I read it for Book Club where it was well received. Read it to my grandson, aged 12, who just loved it.

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Carrol H.

A great insight to the man's childhood.

Reviewed in Australia on 15 November 2021

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It ended too soon. It made me keen to learn more about his life.

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Andy

Greater second time round.

Reviewed in Australia on 14 October 2020

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I read this to my kids, having read it myself as a boy. A timeless classic. They loved it! Cheers Ronald.

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2020

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child likes it

Reviewed in Australia on 16 April 2014

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I really liked this book except I would of liked the pictures in colour. Why do I have to give this rating?

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Happyhouse

Love Roald Dahl books for adults and children.

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2019

Great story, loved it!

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Anglian Traveller

Roald Dahl’s engaging autobiography volume one; the childhood years

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2019

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This is the first part of Roald Dahl’s autobiography, covering his childhood years from birth in 1916 until working for the Shell company from 1934-36 on the eve of his departure to Tanzania on a 3-year posting (these years in Africa are detailed in the follow-up book, ‘Going Solo’).

Much of the book details his schooldays, including unhappy years as a boarder at a repressive prep school in Weston super Mare and subsequent time at Repton, where he eventually became a respected sports team ‘captain of fives’ and the squash team and the only-ever sports team captain not made a prefect due to his rebellious, anti-establishment nature.

Spliced in-between the schoolday stories are tales of the family’s annual summer holiday expeditions to Norway to live on remote idyllic islands for weeks at a time, a hair-raising first experience in a motor car driven by his elder sister who crashed and injured young Roald so badly that his nose was almost severed, and having his adenoids removed with a sharp knife and without anaesthetic by a local doctor, after which he walked home (!) with his mother.

Dahl is such an excellent writer that he makes everything interesting. He deploys great economy of language and has an engaging, conversational writing style. The book is basically highlights of the author’s first 20 years, including some highly traumatic incidents, always recounted with humour and great self-awareness and decorated with Dahl’s own distinctive cartoon-sketches of some of the episodes. It’s an easy read and you can finish the book in a few hours.

You will also likely want to read the follow-up book ‘Going Solo’ which details the author’s time working in Tanzania in the late 1930s, training as a fighter pilot in the RAF and experience of combat in a Hurricane in the Mediterranean theatre facing the numerically superior forces of the Luftwaffe.

Highly recommended.

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Mrs. N. J. Mcclymont

Roald fan or not, this is a MUST read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2015

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Such an interesting read, I am Glued to the pages and will be buying part 2 as soon as I finish this!
I have been a fan of Roald Dahl all my life, I Love his stories and feel I shall be revisiting many of my old favourites Very soon indeed, as well as exploring some that I haven't yet read.
What a Wonderful autobiography of a Wonderful man, with such a Loving family background and so intrigued by the world around him, coupled by some extracts of letters written to his Mother throughout his life make for a compelling read. Learning of his lust to travel and experience new countries from such a young age, alongside his photography skills to capture what he finds along the way are truly inspirational.
I would highly recommend this book to everyone, fan of his or not, there will be something in here to capture your interest and imagination.

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jiminlondon

A beautiful story of Dahl’s early years

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2017

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I read this book chapter by chapter to my daughter as a bed time story each night. When I finished Dahl’s probable first autobiography (my own interpretation) she asked if I could read it again. A beautiful story of Dahl’s early years.
Just a footnote, In Scandinavia Roald is pronounced Roo’ald.

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Boy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2018

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Boy. Boy is this a book and a half. Well what can I say? It says what it is...Boy. Well chosen design to sell that says; Boy... Blue. Please do not mix this up with Girl... though girls will also enjoy this novella, please do not get me wrong. Many a time have I been in THAT sweetshop... I will stop there before I set anyone out to any mischief and God forbid anyone misses a game of a #wellknowngame #floss to go out and have fun.

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Min

Very Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2015

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Well written of course, interesting, funny and sometimes quite horrific! (Some of the men that ran the private schools Dahl attended, by today's standards they would have all be arrested and sent down for life!) Glad times have changed.
I love Dahl and this tale of his childhood reminds me of why. I can also see where he got his ideas from. Cadbury sending chocolate testing boxes, to his school..... : )

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