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Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginable!

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

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Overview

Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginable!

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142410110
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 8/16/2007
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 14,947
  • Age range: 7 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 0740L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.22 (w) x 7.74 (h) x 0.57 (d)

Meet the Author

Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
Kids and adults alike love Roald Dahl’s deliciously wicked books. Loved for their gleefully evil villains and their often mischievous sensibility, Dahl’s books introduce us to fantastic creatures and bizarre places -- and encourage our imaginations to run wild.

Biography

"I have never met a boy who so persistently writes the exact opposite of what he means," a teacher once wrote in the young Roald Dahl's report card. "He seems incapable of marshaling his thoughts on paper." From such inauspicious beginnings emerged an immensely successful author whom The Evening Standard would one day dub "one of the greatest children's writers of all time."

Dahl may have been an unenthusiastic student, but he loved adventure stories, and when he finished school he went out into the world to have some adventures of his own. He went abroad as a representative of the Shell corporation in Dar-es-Salaam, and then served in World War II as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. After the war, Dahl began his writing career in earnest, publishing two well-received collections of short stories for adults, along with one flop of a novel.

The short stories, full of tension and subtle psychological horror, didn't seem to presage a children's author. Malcolm Bradbury wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "[Dahl's] characters are usually ignoble: he knows the dog beneath the skin, or works hard to find it." Yet this talent for finding, and exposing, the nastier sides of grown-up behavior served him well in writing for children. As Dahl put it, "Writing is all propaganda, in a sense. You can get at greediness and selfishness by making them look ridiculous. The greatest attribute of a human being is kindness, and all the other qualities like bravery and perseverance are secondary to that."

In 1953, Dahl married the actress Patricia Neal; two of his early children's books, James and the Giant Peach (1961) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) grew out of the bedtime stories he made up for their children. Elaine Moss, writing in the Times, called the latter "the funniest children's book I have read in years; not just funny but shot through with a zany pathos which touches the young heart." Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a colossal hit. A film version starring Gene Wilder was released in 1971 (as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), while James and the Giant Peach was made into a movie in 1996.

Dahl followed his initial successes with a string of bestsellers, including Danny, the Champion of the World, The Twits, The BFG, The Witches and Matilda. Some adults objected to the books' violence -- unpleasant characters (like James’s Aunts Sponge and Spiker) tend to get bumped off in grotesque and inventive ways -- but Dahl defended his stories as part of a tradition of gruesome fairy tales in which mean people get what they deserve. "These tales are pretty rough, but the violence is confined to a magical time and place," he said, adding that children like violent stories as long as they're "tied to fantasy and humor." By the time of his death in 1990, Dahl's mischievous wit had captivated so many readers that The Times called him "one of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation."

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When Dahl was in school, he and his schoolmates occasionally served as new-product testers for the Cadbury chocolate company. Dahl used to dream of working in a chocolate manufacturer's inventing room. He wrote in his autobiography, "I have no doubt at all that, 35 years later, when I was looking for a plot for my second book for children, I remembered those little cardboard boxes and the newly invented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Dahl's first book for children, The Gremlins (1943), was a story about the mythical creatures that sabotaged British planes. (Dahl claimed for most of his life that he had coined the term "gremlins," but it had been in use by members of the Royal Air Force for years.) Walt Disney planned to use it as the basis for a movie, but the project was scrapped, and only 5,000 copies of the book were ever printed.

    1. Date of Birth:
      September 13, 1916
    2. Place of Birth:
      Llandaff, Wales, England
    1. Date of Death:
      November 23, 1990
    2. Place of Death:
      Oxford, England
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  • Posted August 6, 2009

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    A Frighteningly Exciting War Against Witches

    The witches are smart, but Robert's grandmother is smarter. She's had first hand experience with the evil brood of children hating witches and teaches Robert all about protecting himself from their evil schemes. Little did Robert know that very soon he'd be needing grandma's advice in order to save not only himself from the witches but all the children of the world. You'll have a hard time putting this book down and you'll listen to your own grandma's crazy stories a lot differently too.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2010

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    Amazing Book

    I read The Witches in class and my crazy teacher read it to us. he scared us out of our skin and now I can't sleep at night. I wish that he would go back to Rhode Island. He is insane. I need summer.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 21, 2009

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    Absolutely Fun

    When I first heard this story I was in first grade. When the little boy was running and fighting the witches I remember thinking, that is smart or I would have done this instead. I think that many children enjoy this book so much because the main character is a normal child like them, not some Super Hero. It in a sense allows them to feel they can do great things too. I am going to buy this book and read it with my children. I hope they enjoy it as much as I have. Oh and I watched the movie too, I thought it was great.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 8, 2009

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    I am a sixth grade student in Arizona

    This book is all about what REAL WITCHES are, what they do, and how they really dress. The main character is an interesting boy. He has two mice named William and Mary I think.When his english parents die he goes to live with his grandma in another country. His grandmother smokes cigars and tells stories about REAL WITCHES. You see REAL WITCHES do not wear silly black cloaks or black pointy hats. They dress like normal women and look normal. So how can you tell them apart from us simple, they have distunctions about them. They have unusually big nose holes,always wear gloves,wear wigs, have no toes(they limp),and always wear wigs. I rate it five stars

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  • Posted September 12, 2009

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    One word describing this book: F U N N Y ! ! !

    Don't you sometimes feel like you don't want to watch TV anymore and you just have nothing to do. What if your a student or a kid and have nothing to read, what if your a teacher and you have to share a book with the class and you can't decide whitch one. Read " T H E W I TC H E S " !!!!! Why ? It is funny educational you will enjoy it all the way! What more can you ask for in this book.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 12, 2009

    I love this book!

    I have read a lot of books by Roald Dahl, but so far this is my favorite!My favorite character is Robert.He goes through alot just to change back from a mouse to a human.His old grandmother was unaware of him becoming a mouse and tries to kill him!I love that the book surprises you and you never know what the next page or sentence is going to bring you.My favorite part is when they sneek into the conference room for the old women and it turns out to be a witch conference!I just couldn't put it down for anything!I read it in three days.You should read this book!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 26, 2011

    i am a 5th grade student

    The Witches


    If you like humor and witches you will like Roald Dahls The Witches. I like it because the tons and tons of humor and all the suspense and surprises. For me the best part is when the main character is stuck behind a curtain with all the witches having a meeting. Then one of the witches smells him out and finds him. The witches think a clean kid smells like dogs droppings. When they find him they turn him into a mouse. Another interesting is that the witches are trying to turn all of the children into mice. The most suspenseful part was when the main character and his grandma stop the witches from their task. This was a good part for me because there was a lot of suspense and action. I like Roald Dhals books because of this.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 14, 2011

    Highly Recommened- you must check it out

    I like this book because, it gets you going.This book is about this boy and his grandmother. His grandmother, tells him stories about this mythical creature called "witches". So oneday the boy and his grandmother went to this hotel, there was this grand high meeting.The boy was so shocked, everything and every women were.......... sorry but you are going to have to read the book to find out what happened with the boy and the women.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 24, 2011

    A great book for kids who love adventurous stories!

    This book has alot of cool adventure for kids that has many unexpected parts. It also has a moral about you must love your family no matter what happens to them.

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  • Posted June 5, 2011

    Creative!!!

    This book is very interesting and unpredictable. In the book the grandson and his grandma go on a trip to England and find a convention of witches. The withes plan to get rid of all the Children in England with a potion. Then everything changes and the grandson tries to stop them. I would recommend this book!

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  • Posted October 23, 2010

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    One of the Best books Ever!

    Roald Dahl is my favorite author of all time, and this has got to be one of my favorite books. It's a little easy for me now, but I still love it. I have read the book at least five times, and it never gets old. Check it out!

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  • Posted May 2, 2010

    I REALLY enjoyed this book!

    The Witches was an extremely good book. The quest to defeat the witches couldn't have been any harder. But nonetheless, the characters never give up, and in the end get what they want. It is an extremely thrilling book, and, like all of the Roald Dahl books, a classic that you will enjoy till the end of time. Would I recommend it? Oh, yeah!

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  • Posted February 15, 2010

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    The Witches

    A boy listens intently to his grandmamma as she describes the world of real witches, little knowing that his own world is about to be invaded by the very beasts his grandmamma warns him to avoid. Roald Dahl has created another wonderful story, a world in which the smallest of creatures - whether a little boy or a tiny mouse - finds the courage to stand up against the demons in our midst.

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  • Posted January 9, 2010

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    I loved this book, I frist read this book in 4th grade.My fav.part of the book was at the end when the auther talked about when the grandma made all stuff for the grandchild.Also the book itself was fantastic!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 1, 2009

    The Witches

    The book is really scary and I'm only 7 years old!!!!So a good age is probably should be 10 and up!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 29, 2009

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    Laugh your Head Off

    When i first read this bok i was worried that it would be very scary. I mean it says witchedd and i was 7. Anyway if you love laughing this is perfect. When a norweign boys parents have an terrible acident he lives with his greand mother. Grandmmama tells wonderful and great stories aboot witches. She is sure to tell him all that a witch would have. She tells hi all these things but nothing in the world can prepare a human to see The GRAND HIGH WITCH!! THE MOST POWERFUL OF ALL!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Posted May 9, 2009

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    Good Read for All Ages!

    I'm pretty much into Roald Dahl that I want to read all the books that he has written. :) I think that his books are not only good for children but also for adults in their spare time, especially for those young at heart. Funny it might be but if only I have read this book in my early childhood I could have reasoned my mom not to take a bath during rainy seasons. I could've told her that witches might smell me and turn me into a mice or something (*giggles*). All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book, it made me a child one more time.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 2, 2008

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    I am a 6th grade student in glendale, AZ.

    The main characters in this awesome story are Robert and his very old grandma. His grandma tells Robert her crazy stories about witches and Robert actually believed her. So she keeps telling him the stories and a witch came to their house and tries to take him away, but his grandma stopped the witch. Thats when they knew the witches will come back! So they went to a hotel in California, but soon they found out that there was a meeting in the hotel so he snuck in the meeting and found out that the meeting was actually a witch meeting!

    The setting is an hotel and the time is unknown.

    The theme of the story is how the witches turned all the kids into mice.

    I liked tth estory because it was adventurous and interesting, plus I liked the part when they killed the leader of the witches and let all the kids free from the witches.

    My connections to the story are when they went to England because i've been to England and i have seen a movie like the story.
    I have never read a story like this!

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  • Posted November 24, 2008

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    A great scary kid story

    Another spooky tale, but with more spook, this book is the story of a little boy who discovers the nefarious plan of a group of witches to finally rid the world of children once and for all. It might be a little much for younger children, but older ones will likely enjoy the creepy undertone.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 8, 2008

    Witches

    Whitches a fun fairy tale about a boy and his grandmama and how the face witches who dis like children they think that when kids are clean the smell like dog droppings they have blue spit ,bald ,claws,and so much more they have a plan th=o get rid of children by turning them into mice can the get away with it?

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