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(3) Base Camp
Roald Dahl isn’t out to confuse you. Because The BFG was written for children as well as adults, it’s narrated in short, brief sentences. But there is a difference between this book and everything else by Dahl: the language of the BFG himself. It bumped our rating from 1 to 3, but not higher: the BFG’s not-quite-right words usually rhyme with, and are surrounded by, normal English words. This makes it pretty easy for readers to understand what the BFG is trying to say.