Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie Bucket lives happily in Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory with his grandpa Joe and family. One day, they zoom up in a super-strong glass elevator that flies all the way to space like a rocket! They see a fancy hotel in the sky, but scary squid-like aliens called Vermicious Knids try to gobble everyone up. Wonka uses his smart gadgets to win, then back home, grandma eats magic pills that turn her into a baby, so they adventure to a spooky minus world to save her. It's full of laughs, scares, and cool inventions!

In Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator,' the sequel to 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' Charlie Bucket, his grandfather Joe, the other bed-bound grandparents, Willy Wonka, and Wonka's assistant embark on an exhilarating yet perilous voyage into space inside the factory's multifunctional Great Glass Elevator. Accidentally launched through the factory roof, the elevator catapults them into orbit around Earth, where they witness the construction of the opulent Space Hotel U.S.A. The adventure escalates when grotesque alien invaders, the Vermicious Knids, disguised as world leaders, board the hotel, leading to high-stakes chases, laser defenses, and narrow escapes amid zero-gravity mayhem. Upon re-entry, crashing back into the factory, the group faces further absurdity with Wonka's experimental Wonka-Vite pills, which promise youth but drastically overshoot, turning the elderly grandparents into infants—and worse, propelling their souls into the sinister Minusland. Charlie and Wonka mount a daring rescue using reverse-engineered Vita-Wonk, battling bureaucratic demons and reversing the de-aging catastrophe. Dahl masterfully weaves whimsy, peril, and satire, exploring invention's double-edged sword while celebrating familial resilience and unbridled imagination in this fantastical romp.