‘Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Gold Ticket, from Mr Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand! Tremendous things are in store for you!’ One miraculous moment changes Charlie Bucket's life forever. A boy who only gets to eat cabbage soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner finds a Golden Ticket that will take him into Willy Wonka's magical chocolate factory. And joining him are four horrible blighters: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee. The text in this Puffin edition was updated in 2022 for young independent readers.