description: Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
language: English
title: Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
titlecomplete: Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
characters: Charlie Bucket, Mike Teavee, Grandpa Joe, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Willy Wonka, Violet Beauregarde
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 818689
series: Charlie Bucket
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Read Aloud, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: North Dakota Children's Choice Award
publisher: Golden Books