Red Box Books

A new edition of this Roald Dahl title - a fabulous addition to the PUFFIN MODERN CLASSICS series. Puffin Modern Classics highlight the most successful and enduringly popular stories published for children in recent years.

The book begins where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ends: Willy Wonka has just given Charlie ownership of his factory, and they crash through the roof of Charlie's house and inform his family of the good news.

Charlie's grandparents are nervous about going inside the travelling elevator, and after twenty years in bed, refuse to get up. The bed is thus pushed into the elevator, which then takes off. At a critical moment during the return trip to the factory, a panicking Georgina grabs Wonka away from the controls and steers the elevator with its occupants into Earth's orbit. The elevator circles the planet until Wonka sees the chance to link it with the newly-launched Space Hotel, a private enterprise of the United States government.