Bart'sBookReview

By Roald Dahl I rate it 9½/10 A witch is the most dangerous creature on earth. Her only mission in life is to destroy as many children as she can. The Witches originated in Norway and spread around the world. Witches have no toes, large claws on her fingers, bald heads, multicoloured pupils and blue spit and to a witch, children smell of dog droppings! But worst of all witches disguise themselves as women! The start is similar to //__James and the giant peach__//. A young boy’s parents die in a car crash and he is sent to live with his “grandmamma”, but she is very nice, unlike James’s aunts. When they move to England, his grandmamma promises to take him to Norway. However grandmamma becomes sick and the doctor forces them to cancel the trip and go to Hotel Magnificent in Bournemouth. When they arrive, the boy ends up hidden during the Annual Meeting of the witches in England. The Grand High Witch Of All The World has concocted her newest, deadliest and most powerful formula yet: FORMULA 86 DELAYED ACTION MOUSE-MAKER! One drop can turn a child into a mouse at a time set while making the formula. The Grand High Witch then gives all the witches the recipe while the boy is still hidden. Can he stop the evil plot to wipe out all of the children in England? A very good book but you never find out the boy’s name. I think that a sequel would have been good because the ending leaves you wanting more (usually). I recommend this book to all ages, but adults may not like it as much as children would.