Dahl, Roald. <br/><br/>
Boy :  tales of childhood / 
Roald Dahl. 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus, Giroux,  1984. 
 - 160 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Starting-point: Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9): Bicycle and the sweet-shop -- Great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- Magic Island -- Visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13): First day -- Writing home -- Matron -- Homesickness -- Drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20): Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- Headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school. 
<br/><br/> Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school. 
<br/><br/> 1020L  Lexile. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374373744 (hdbk.) 9780374373740 (hdbk.) 0140318909 (pbk.) 0141303050 (pbk.) 9780142413814 (pbk.) 9780613639224 (Turtleback bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>84048462 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dahl, Roald--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.<br/>Dahl, Roald.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, English--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Authors, English.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.