num_pages: 223
description: “Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” – The New York TimesCan Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell?Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.
language: English
title: Danny the Champion of the World
titlecomplete: Danny the Champion of the World
characters: Dad, Danny, Mr. Hazell
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 66072
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kinderbuch, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Jonathan Cape