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The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family.

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My father, Harald Dahl, was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo, called Sarpsborg. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Author biography for young readers, 10 May 2004

By	Chrestomanci (UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

It’s an accepted fact that most young readers prefer fantasy to biography. If given the choice between the ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ or the latest J K Rowling or Jacqueline Wilson, few children would choose the biography, despite it being an essential addition to their library. However, Roald Dahl’s true-life stories of his childhood are the ideal cross-over, helping the young reader discover that truth can be as fascinating as fiction.

As always, Roald Dahl’s style of writing is highly accessible and great fun to read. Millions of children are familiar with his hilarious fantasy stories (Matilda, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Witches), so are more likely to read this slightly more serious book than they would other biographical material.

‘Going Solo’, Dahl’s sequel to ‘Boy’ is one of the most gripping little books I have ever read. I strongly recommend both books to children of all ages … adults too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Boy it's good, 13 Jan 2008

By	Mehajabeen Farid "Mej_da_reviewer" (Coventry) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

`Boy' is about Roald Dahl's childhood and it is as good as Matilda, BFG and the Twits. It's very imaginative and true an awfully strange pair. You can imagine bits of it like when they got caned for putting a dead mouse in the Sweet Shop lady's sweets, Roald Dahl went to a boarding school for boys as his secondary school and he went to a Catholic primary school. Roald Dahl wrote another book about his past but as a pilot of a fighter plane for the RAF in the Second World War, but that is another story which I have also reviews called `Going Solo'. I have to say this is one of my favourite books of all time. I would rate it 1000000000/10. I think anyone and everyone would enjoy is and some people might have met his before he died in 1990. A must read book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Boy by Roald Dahl, 20 Nov 2005

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Lots of people know Roald Dahl by his fantastic books of Charlie and the chocolate factory or James and the giant peach. If wanted to find information about his early life, this book would be the place to look.
The Boy is sort of an early childhood autobiography. He says this isn’t a biography but really it is. The story is told in time order. For example a story about Roald’s Dad is told before Roald Dahl being born. If you enjoy short true stories then this is the book to read.
The piece of text is in sections Starting Point, Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peter’s and Repton and Shell. The sections are then put into stories. For example The Great Mouse Plot or the First Day. It also tells us the years it happened like St Peter’s; 1925-1929 (age 9-13). There are a lot of real life photos of Roald Dahl and his family. There are also he own drawing in there. For example there is some of Mrs Prachett. The stories in the book might be real or might be fictionalised. I just don’t know because this book wasn’t written at the time it was happening it was written about memories and these memories might be wrong. This book can tell you what schools were like at the 20s and 30s.
This piece of text has lots of stories so you don’t need to have a lot of time to read a whole story. You also need to be able to read different kinds of stories with cruelty in. You can read these stories to people because they are very entertaining. I don’t think you could make a play out of it like Peter Pan.
I read the text by myself. I told one story to my brothers and they really enjoyed it. I suppose you can only read this book if you know who Roald Dahl is. You don’t have to have read any of his books because it’s only about his childhood and not his career.
This book is really enjoyable and the stories he wrote in this book are brilliant. You find out memories of Roald’s childhood. If I had to write out a book about my childhood, it would never be as good as this book. Firstly because I haven’t even finished my childhood and secondly I haven’t had that many adventures.
The reason this book has been published is…………
1. Roald Dahl is a fabulous author and people will want to know about his childhood.
2. It has great Graphology
3. The audience can actually imagine what Roald Dahl looked like.
4. It has great stories which make you glue to the book.
5. It tells you about his family and friends.
Thanks for reading my first review. I hope I’ve encouraged you to read The Boy. Trust me if you don’t read this book you will miss out. Also if you’ve got a project about Roald Dahl this is the place to look.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An age that's fast becoming history finely captured
Mr Dahl gives pleasure whatever he writes. "Boy" however , is a marvellous evocation of an age which, frankly, you need be over 50 and British to recognise from first hand... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Merovingius

5.0 out of 5 stars the wonderful story of boy
"boy" by roald dahl is a truely wonderfully written book. the book reads more like a story than a biography but it still gives you an insight into the amazing imagination of roald... Read more

Published on 24 Nov 2005

4.0 out of 5 stars boy
Boy is a Auto biography of the famous author Roald Dahl. It explainas his childhood which he had some great adventures just like you and me. Read more

Published on 21 Jul 2005 by jamie

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
I love all Roald Dahl's books; I read my first when I was about eight and never have stopped since. They were exciting (for a kid) and funny, too. Read more

Published on 6 Jun 2004 by Princess_of_Mirkwood

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny yet true!
Roald Dhal has picked funny and painful events of his childhood and written this amazing book. well-worth the read. Read more

Published on 3 Jun 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, funny book
Roald Dahl was a big part of my life as a child, as his books sent my imagination out of control! Now i am 18 and i can still sit down with one of his books and be completely... Read more

Published on 2 May 2004 by squease

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressive, I laughed and cried when I read this book
This book is the 4th Roald Dahl's book that I read. I also love the first 3 one ( 2 Charlie books and Mathilda ), but this 'Boy' book is really amazing. Read more

Published on 3 Aug 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, sad, shoking and witty
This book tells the amazing story of Roald Dahl's eventful Childhood. You can see where he gets his inspiration. Read more

Published on 1 April 1999

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