I have an inkling that when I read them as a kid, James and the Giant Peach might have been the more gripping, to be honest. But the opening section of The BFG has stayed with me, for one reason or another. I've now got it and a few others in a collection on the Kindle, so when I get round to re-reading it I'll come back here and update, if I remember.
The Witches on the other hand wasn't so much gripping as traumatising.
The Witches on the other hand wasn't so much gripping as traumatising.
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