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James and the Giant Peach is a 1971 children's book by Roald Dahl. The original story was illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert and published in 1961.
The story centers on James Henry Trotter an orphaned four-year-old boy whose parents were eaten by an escaped Rhino from the London zoo. James is sent to live with who two cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Three years later, James come across a mysterious stranger who gives him a magic potion guaranteed to deliver wealth, happiness, and great adventure to its consumer. James accidentally breaks the vial which spills into the ground ruining all possibility of escaping his mean aunts. A previously barren peach tree in his yard bears a single giant peach and his aunts see an opportunity to make money from the natural wonder. Forced out of the house one night, James crawls inside the giant peach and finds a group of talking giant insects and worms. His new friend the Centipede manages to detach the peach from the tree and it begins its roll on an adventure, rolling through the countryside to New York city and beyond.
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