【対象年齢】9-14歳以上

ロアルド・ダール著、邦題『少年』。『チャーリーとチョコレート工場』の作者が、創作の源となった幼少年期の体験を語る自伝小説。彼が描く物語と同じように、ロアルド・ダールの子供時代は波乱万丈で楽しく、愛に溢れています。ロアルド・ダールが、交通事故で危うく家を失くしそうになったことをご存知ですか？　キャドバリーズのチョコレートキャンディのテスターに選ばれたことは？　1924年に「グレート・マウス計画」に参加したことは？　ご存知なかったなら、ぜひご一読を。忘れられない読書体験となること間違いなしです。

Find out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood!From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don't yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl. Sure to captivate and delight you, the boyhood antics of this master storyteller are not to be missed!