num_pages: 160
description: James's aunts call him names, beat and starve him and make his life a misery. If only his parents hadn't been eaten by an escaped rhinoceros, he wouldn't be in this mess. But one day he meets a man who gives him a bag of magic crocodile tongues and so begins the adventure of his dreams.
language: English
title: James and the Giant Peach
titlecomplete: James and the Giant Peach
characters: James Henry Trotter
genres: Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 458511
publisher: Puffin