Wonka is an excellent improviser, an he is very knowledgeable about little-known topics. He also saves their lives by recognizing the Vermicious Knids and preventing the others from getting near them. Wonka’s Elevator sends the Buckets up into space and they are stuck in orbit. In the book, Wonka has a goatee and bright, mischievous eyes. Wonka loves nonsense and mischief, but he can’t abide ugliness. Wonka confuses most of the people who meet him, but Charlie is fascinated by him.

Wonka is exceedingly eccentric, with many odd qualities. The chocolate business has made him very rich, but he doesn’t care about money. Willy Wonka is the owner of the Great Glass Elevator and Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Charlie would rather put himself in danger than see others be hurt this is proven when Charlie uses the Elevator to tow a space shuttle back to Earth in order to save the shuttle occupants from the Vermicious Knids. Charlie is shot up into space in the Great Glass Elevator along with the rest of his family and Wonka. Now, Charlie’s luck has turned: he is very wealthy and well off, and he has a whole chocolate factory to run. His whole family is allowed to come with him. At the end of the previous story, Wonka bequeathed the factory to Charlie as a reward for his good heart. He is the only one who would have been fit to run the factory. He lives with his mother, his father, and his four bed-ridden grandparents. He is very kind and brave, but unfortunately also extremely poor. While Dahl did write for adult audiences as well, he is best known for his children s stories.Charlie is the titular character and the protagonist of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet and screenwriter whose books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Charlie and Wonka go up against the Verminscious Knids in space, manage de-aged grandparents on Earth and are even invited to the White House. The book picks up after Charlie is awarded ownership of the chocolate factory. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, following Charlie Bucket and the infamous Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator.

Interior pages are clean and bright with minor signs of use, some fingerprint marks. Nicks to jacket edges and minor tearing to top and tail of spine, as well as a tear to upper front board panel. Patch of wear to front cover board where tape was stuck and pulled away. Bumping to corners, as well as shelf wear to top and tail of spine. Pink title, author, and publisher design on spine. Brown paper boards with cloth spine detail. introduction half-title illustrated frontice title page publisher s page dedication contents pp.1-163 about the author.

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