# Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

**Author:** Roald Dahl
**Lexile:** 810L
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 1964
**Page count:** 176
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780142410318`
**ISBN-10:** `0142410314`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Poor, kind Charlie Bucket wins one of five golden tickets to tour Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory — where the other four winners' worst traits lead to their comeuppance. Roald Dahl's beloved tale of greed, kindness, and imagination is a grades 3-6 staple.

## Themes

- poverty
- kindness
- imagination
- family

## Where this book is assigned

### North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (student-choice; annual since 1978; Juvenile/Chapter + Intermediate + Older-Reader divisions); winner roll 1978-2025](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (student-choice; annual since 1978; Juvenile/Chapter + Intermediate + Older-Reader divisions); winner roll 1978-2025](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (student-choice; annual since 1978; Juvenile/Chapter + Intermediate + Older-Reader divisions); winner roll 1978-2025](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · North Dakota — [source: North Dakota Library Association — Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (student-choice; annual since 1978; Juvenile/Chapter + Intermediate + Older-Reader divisions); winner roll 1978-2025](https://ndla.info/Flicker-Tale-Past-Winners)

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