93. The B.F.G, by Roald Dahl.

I was lucky enough to spot a box set of Roald Dahl books going relatively cheaply in a fundraiser box at my work. 15 books for $50 sounded like an excellent excuse to indulge my nostalgia, so...I did. As you'll see over the next few entries.

The BFG is about a little girl, Sophie, who is awake late in her orphanage one night, and spots a giant blowing dreams through bedroom windows. When he realises he's been spotted, he takes her away to giant country, where they find out that he's the Big Friendly Giant, as opposed to one of the other giants that like to eat people. Sophie is determined to put a stop to this after hearing about how the others go galloping off each night to gobble up people by the dozens, and enlists the help of the Queen to do so.

This was one of my favourite books in primary school. I remember sitting in the library reading it multiple times, and Roald Dahl is probably one of the authors that really got me hooked on reading from a young age. The story's bizarre enough to be funny, yet it's still set out clearly and is easy to understand. He has a great gift for involving the reader's imagination.