Charlie and Willy Wonka then have to descend towards the center of the earth to get to Minusland, the place all souls exist in before they're born as "minuses". 3 of them become toddlers, and Grandma Georgina actually regresses past the point where she was born. The grandparents, in their excitement to regain their youth, overdose. Our heroes land in the Chocolate Factory, where Wonka introduces them to his newest invention: Wonka-Vite, a vitamin that makes you 20 years younger. They "frantically try to uncoil themselves," begin glowing red-hot, and start to sizzle with "a noise like bacon frying." Wonka tricks them into tying themselves into a rope to draw the elevator in, then shoots back down to Earth, burning all the Knids up in the atmosphere. They can stretch themselves into any shape they like, so Mr. Pretty much all the scenes with the Knids are fairly unsettling (they're described as "enormous slimy wrinkled greenish-brown eggs with eyes"), but the way they're finally defeated I consider especially distressing. During this process they also become mistaken as alien terrorists, attract the attention of the American government, and get invited to the White House. For the first half of the book, the party ends up going to space, exploring the very first space hotel, and fighting aliens known as Vermicious Knids. It starts off literally right where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ended, with Willy Wonka, Charlie, and his family flying from the Bucket household to the chocolate factory in Wonka's great glass elevator. Let me tell you, this was a weird piece of work. I thought that was kinda weird for such a famous author.
I also haven't seen it in bookstores, libraries, etc.
Funny thing is, no one I've asked has ever heard of it. Written by Roald Dahl, illustrations from Joseph Schindelman, the whole shtick. Now, before anyone asks, yes, this is a legitimate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sequel. I was a fan of Roald Dahl as a kid- and I still am today, to be honest- so that's the one I happily decided to take home. The school had been open for literally 100 years, so there was a wide selection, but my eyes fell upon a small, white, battered book from 1972 with the words "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" written on the side in colorful bubble letters.
I'm hazy on the details, but I know my teacher ended up asking all of us to take one book from her bookshelf. When I was in elementary school, I remember my school did some sort of a book give-away at one point.
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