Name: Danny the Champion of the World
SKU: 1893757
Price: 207.00 ZAR
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Author: Fanny Blake
ISBN: 9780142410332

Type

Physical Book

Author

Roald Dahl

Illustrated by

Quentin Blake

Edited by

Fanny Blake

Publisher

Viking Books for Young Readers

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6x13x1.8 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

0142410330

ISBN13

9780142410332

Synopsis "Danny the Champion of the World "

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Danny has a life any boy would love--his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.

Roald Dahl

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(Wales, 1916 - Oxford, 1990) Roald was born into a wealthy family of Norwegian origin. At the age of four, he lost his father and at seven, he came into contact with the strict British educational system, which he reflected in books like Matilda and Boy. After finishing high school, he started working at the Shell company in Africa, where he was caught by the Second World War. After brief training, he became a pilot for the Royal Air Force. He was assigned to Washington, where he began writing about his war adventures. His foray into the world of children's literature was motivated by the stories he told his four children. His first work was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He also wrote scripts for movies and some of his works have been adapted into films.

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Fanny Blake

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Fanny Blake es una escritora británica con amplia experiencia editorial: trabajó como editora de ficción y no ficción durante muchos años, hasta que decidió dedicarse a escribir por su cuenta. Con estudios en la Universidad de Edimburgo en francés y español, su trayectoria profesional la llevó desde Corgi Books hasta Penguin, donde fue editora senior durante 14 años, y luego directora editorial en otras editoriales. Su paso por la edición le dio una visión privilegiada del camino del libro, lo que ahora volca en su narrativa.

En su faceta como autora, Blake ha publicado varias novelas de ficción contemporánea, como The Secrets Women Keep (2013), y coordinado colecciones de relatos como A Fresh Start, parte de la serie Quick Reads (2020), que invita a nuevos lectores a acercarse al placer de la lectura. Su estilo combina humor, introspección y situaciones cotidianas con personajes reales y conflictivos. También ha sido juez de premios literarios importantes (como el Costa First Novel Award y el Desmond Elliott Award), lo que refuerza su compromiso con la literatura y la edición.

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