Danny the Champion of the World
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4.5 • 78 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
"A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky"
Danny has the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had. He can repair any car or machine that people bring to him, loves going on adventures with Danny and tells him incredible stories around the stove in the cozy caravan they call home.
The land around them belongs to Mr Hazell, a rich bully who NOBODY likes, not one-little bit. So, Danny and his father concoct a daring plot that will give Mr Hazell the greatest shock of his life.
But can they pull off this level of mischief-making without getting caught...?
The text in this edition of Danny the Champion of the World was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.
Customer Reviews
Danny the champion of the world
Okay child’s perspective again one hate that guy who hit him and that guy who has that flash car. Two I would have.RPGD them but I like the doctor he reminds me of ducky in NCIS fr some reason. And I also have a friend called Sid plus I’ve watched the movie .
Reviewed by some kid 👍😁
Marvelous
This book has featured throughout my childhood, early adulthood working with kids and now as a sparky father.
Read at least 20 times with grand-parenting still to come
You should read it too... like right now.
Great book, I loved it
This is my review for Roald Dahl's never Danny the champion of the world. The plot centres on Danny who is a young boy, and his dad William, who live in a Gypsy caravan working as a mechanic, fixing cars for a living and end up partaking in something very naughty. This is a world acclaimed children's novel but can also still be good for a bit of an older reader too. I found that the relationship that Danny and his father William have together is very heart warming and after chapter 3 the novels fast paced plot and intense action and thrill, keeps its exciting and keeps you on the edge of your seat. It also helps with Roald's terrific and vivid descriptions in the novel of Danny's point of view as an 11 year old boy. This book may be appealing to adults as well because they might have children and wish to have as good a relationship as Danny and his father with there own kids. One of the great factors of this book is the massive plot twist near the beginning of the book (which I won't spoil) is so major to the plot and sets the rest of the story in motion and I think is awesome. Descriptions of the English countryside or any countryside may evoke feelings of nostalgia for the reader. Which I think might be why a lot adults like this book too. This novel was written in 1975 and the novel was set in the 1950's. But it still can be relatable to this day too. At the end of the novel it has a message to kids that says, "a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky" which is what pretty much all kids want their own parents to be like and is the moral of the book