| Description |
229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Puffin Books, 2008. |
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Accelerated Reader MG 6.2 8 134435 |
| Contents |
Starting-point -- Papa and Mama -- More about Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922/3 -- A grand time -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923/5 (age 7/9) -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- A life without sweets -- Going to Norway -- The magic island -- A visit to the doctor -- The last lap -- St. Peter's, 1925/9 (age 9-13) -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- The Maccano chariot -- Captain Hardcastle -- How I became a writer -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929/36 (age 13/20) -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Painful punishments -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Ten horrid little boys and girls -- Corkers -- Fagging -- That awful cold bath -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school -- P.S -- The voyage out (excerpt from Going solo) -- A Dahl-tastic quiz. |
| Summary |
Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.2 8 134435 |
| Subject |
Dahl, Roald -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9780374350550 (hardcover) |
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0374350558 (hardcover) |
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