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BFG
 

The BFG

by Roald Dahl

Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze of the early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer? Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh ... Big Friendly Giant! This BFG doesn't seem all that F at first as he creeps down a London street, snatches little Sophie out of her bed, and bounds away with her to giant land. And he's not really all that B when compared with his ... (read more)

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emma enjoyment
  • Rated 5 stars

“Yay! This is one of my favorite books. Absolutley fun and imaginative. Completely innovative.”

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La'Shawn M
  • Rated 2 stars

“(1)The BFG by Roald Dahl is a high fantasy novel containing all six motifs. The magic was not as prevalent, but you can see it with the dreams being caught and transmitted. The BFG was able to create specific dreams for specific purposes and give them to who chose. Also, it seemed as though giants just magically appeared. Giant Country was the other world that was not even on the atlas. There were no humans who resided there either. The antagonists in the story were the other nine giants who...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.177601 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.25 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • koopa matthew

    koopa matthew said:

    “the cutest book ever lauren e? this book has giants who snatch children from their nice, safe bedrooms and eat them whole. cute is probably not the word i would use.

    my favorite roald dahl book though.”

    posted Tuesday, September 9 2008
  • Nanny M.

    nanny m. said:

    “LUV THIS BOOK!!!! Who else? :])”

    posted Monday, September 8 2008
  • Lauren E

    lauren e said:

    “omg i think this is the cutest book ever!!”

    posted Sunday, September 7 2008
  • emily b

    emily b said:

    “i liked this book. :)”

    posted Wednesday, September 3 2008
  • pleng

    pleng said:

    “everytime when i see a car's registration(number plate) with the initial "BFG" it reminds me of that book :)”

    posted Thursday, July 31 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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