The BFG

The story, The BFG, written by Roald Dahl, is about a little orphan girl named Sophie who was longing to see what witching hour was like outside as she laid awake in her orphanage home. As she stood at the window she saw something coming down the street and peeking in windows. She figured out it was a giant person with a  black coat, suitcase, and trumpet. Well the giant sees that she notices him and he comes and takes her form her orphanage and back to his cave where all the giants live. The BFG sits Sophie down when they get back to the cave and talks to her, in really bad langwitch. He talks to her about all the other terrible giants who like to eat children and people throughout the world. He shows her how he is a good giant and has to eat snozzcumbers, a terrible vegetable, and how he catches dreams to blow into children's bedrooms at night. The BFG really doesn't like how the other giants eat people and Sophie especially doesn't. So Sophie and the BFG devise a plan and carry it out to keep the giants from ever eating any more innocent people. Does their plan work out?
I think that many 5th or 6th grade kids would like to read this book. There are times when the reader has to figure out what the giant is saying, so it does require thought as you are reading to understand him. The main part of the text is easy to read and flows well, the transition between chapters are smooth and lead your right where you want them to go from anticipation of wanting to know what is going to happen next. There are also some sketches through the book depicting what is happening on these pages, which are fun to look at because they give the reader a good visual of what the giants look like, and what Sophie looks like as well. Overall this was a good book that I would recommend to students to read who like Giant fiction!