mysterious goings on (George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl)

Member Name: barbie84

Product:	George's Marvellous Medicine - Roald Dahl
Date:	07/03/08 (377 review reads)
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Advantages: great story

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George lives on a farm with his mother, father and grandmother, George is a nice boy but he cant stand his Grandma and who can blame him she is the most rude and nasty woman you could ever imagine.

Georges parents go out for the day leaving him at home to look after his Grandma, all morning his Grandma keeps threatening to tell his parents he is naughty if he forgets to do anything for her.

George decides to get his own back on her and makes a medicin potion using all the tablets and chemicals he can find around the house and farm.

At 11 am it is medicin time for grandma, George gives her some of his potion and she begins to grow and grow and grow untill she is as big as the house with her head sticking through the roof.

Mom and Dad return and are angry at George, Dad uses Georges medicin on the animals on the farm to make them bigger and once it is all gone he asks George to make him some more but George cant remember what and how much of the ingredients he used so after a lot of attempts and a lot of strange things happening as a result of his potions George eventually makes one that shrinks things, great he can shrink grandma back to size but grandma is gready and drinks too much, you will have to read the book to find out what happens.

I love this story and my daughters love me to read it to them but it has resulted in my eldest trying to make a potion of her own with the shampoo and shower gels in our bathroom.
Im not sure what type of potion it was supposed to be.

Summary: a great book for any child.