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Within George's Marvellous Medicine, we see the main character of George collected ingredients to use for a revenge potion to be replaced with the one which his Grandmother will drink. What George hopes to achieve I am not entirely sure, it could well be that George is a serial killer, and ... Read review
Advantages: Humorous, intelligent, odd, quirky. Disadvantages: Creepy, no sense of law
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Within George's Marvellous Medicine, we see the main character of George collected ingredients to use for a revenge potion to be replaced with the one which his Grandmother will drink. What George hopes to achieve I am not entirely sure, it could well be that George is a serial killer, and is simply trying to top-off his old Gran to get her will, or something of the sort. We learn soon off that George's Gran is not in fact a nice, ... ...you don't come across very often.
The story continues with Georges Gran growing to absurd heights, and George feeding as many of the animals around the farm as he can with the special 'medicine', so that the farm will be able to earn more money.
However, there is a twist in the story, for George cannot remember what he placed in the potion, and so he cannot repeat it, or change it to make his Gran smaller again. When George ... more
When I was younger, I used to be a huge fan of Roald Dahl, although I could never for the life of me spell his name right. Each of his books has such an imaginitive yet realistic quality to it, you cannot help but wonder if the stories are real or not. Within George's Marvellous Medicine, we see the main character of George collected ingredients to use for a revenge potion to be replaced with the one which his Grandmother will drink. What George hopes to achieve I am not entirely sure, it could well be that George is a serial killer, and is simply trying to top-off his old Gran to get her will, or something of the sort. We learn soon off that George's Gran is not in fact a nice, kind, granny, but rather more the cruel, evil sort that you don't come across very often. The story continues with Georges Gran growing to absurd heights, and George feeding as many of the animals around the farm as he can with the special 'medicine', so that the farm will be able to earn more money.
However, there is a twist in the story, for George cannot remember what he placed in the potion, and so he cannot repeat it, or change it to make his Gran smaller again. When George and his father finally do come up with another 'medicine' it shrinks his Gran to tiny sizes, and the rest as they say, is history.
From what the story shows, the book is aimed at the younger years, and most of Roald Dahl books are. The book was specifically written to entertain the reader, as well as entertaining adults who may read the book too, with some off-the-cuff humor that most children would not pick up on.
Overall, this is a fabulous read from an even more fabulous author, and I would recommend further reading of his works if you enjoy them.
...sheep and... his grandmother.
George's grandmother was unlike other lovely, kind and helpful grandmothers. His was a 'complaining, grousing, grouching (and) grumbling' one and was extremely stubborn extremely. George hated her with all his might. But day after day, he had to give her her medicine, at eleven o'clock. One day, whilst his parents was out, he developed a 'marvellous' plan. He would 'make her a new medicine, one that is so strong and ... ...completely or blow off the top of her head.' It was to be a magic medicine. In it he was going to put EVERYTHING he could possibly find. He toured the house, going to the washroom, laundry-room and kitchen. He even ventured out into the shed in which there were medicines for the animals they owned on the farm.
Eventually, the 'medicine' is given to the grandma. And with the usual Roald Dahl touch, the ending is awesome!
I have enjoyed this story ...
melokilo 29.08.2008 (25.04.2008)
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Advantages: Its a really funny book to read Disadvantages: Gives children ideas
This for me is an all time favourite of mine. Roald Dahl captures the life of a young boy who gets stuck looking after his gramdma who is a witchy person and never does anything for herself apart from sit in her chair by the window all day ordering people around.she orders George aound so much till he is sick to the back teeth of her and plans to get some form of revenge on her, when she asks him to make her a cup of tea he goes into the kitchen ... ...goes around the house throwing all different hair products into it, paint, chemicals, pet food, u name it and hes got it in the pan. he then boils it all up and pours it into his grandmas medicine bottle and gives her her daily doesage....within seconds things start to happen that you would expect to happen. the story lone is fantasic and i love reading this book time and time again,the chracters are so well discribed. overall i would recommend this ...
Mazzy3 22.02.2009
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Advantages: Fun for small children Disadvantages: Lacked a certain sparkle that other Dahl books have
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Audio CD
Title
George's Marvellous Medicine
Author
Roald Dahl
Genre
Children
Publisher
Puffin Books
ISBN
014132273X; 0224019015; 0224064908
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Will's brother Marty is always playing practical jokes. But when he tells the bloodcurdling story of the cutthroat pirate Captain Crow, Will is terrified. Is it another one of Marty's tricks, or could Captain Crow's ghost really be out to get him? This is a spooky, funny fiction - brilliant for boys and girls aged 7-9. It is now available in paperback! It offers fabulous, witty illustrations by Tony Ross throughout.
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