<b>Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!<br></b><br>But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: 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!<br><br><b>"Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." —<i>The New York Times</i> </b>