num_pages: 154
description: When James was a small boy, his parents died, and he had to go and live with his wicked aunts. For years he dreamed of getting away from them...until a strange little man gave James some magic green things and scurried away. James accidentally spilled the green things under the peach tree and resigned himself to permanent misery. Then a huge peach appeared on top of the tree! It grew until it was the size of a small house. Crawling inside, James met some other creatures who had been transformed by the magic, like the Grasshopper, the Ladybug, and the grumpy Centipede, whose razor-sharp jaws severed the peach stem and sent them all rolling down the hill into the sea. And then the adventure really began.
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: Bantam Skylark