Ten Reasons to Read Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

10.  It is Dahl's most realistic book.

  9.  Danny and his father are living in poverty and yet their poverty does not define them.

  8.  Danny earns the respect of his father and the other men he admires.

  7.  The story line is a little "dangerous."

  6.  The description of the MEAT pie Danny eats will make you hungry.

  5.  Danny realizes the great love once shared between his mother and father.

  4.  The book has you cheering for the "bad guys."  Or are they bad guys?

   3.  Two Words:  Danny's father.

   2.  Danny's feeling and thoughts are SPOT ON for a 9 year old boy.

   1.  There is something beautiful in Danny's deep love for his father.