Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

The chocolate factory was only the beginning — now the Great Glass Elevator is heading straight into orbit.

Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka, and all four grandparents blast off into space in the Great Glass Elevator — only to dock accidentally with a space hotel that turns out to be occupied by something rather terrible. Back on Earth, three of the grandparents have swallowed too many Wonka-Vite pills, and what follows involves the President of the United States and a race against age itself.

The sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is wilder, stranger and looser than its predecessor — a book drunk on its own invention, careering from space horror to absurdist politics to a meditation on old age with magnificent disregard for convention. It is Dahl at his most unruly, and all the better for it.

Perfect for children who've already met Charlie and want to follow him somewhere even more impossible — and for readers who prefer their sequels bigger, bolder and considerably more chaotic.

This book is for you if you love

• Adventure
• Chapter Books
• Classic
• Fantasy
• Roald Dahl
• Space