世界冠軍丹尼

丹尼家只有他和父親兩個人。他們住在村外一輛吉普賽人留下的老篷車裡。篷車不大，裡面只有一個小房間和很少的家具，但是永遠透出黃色的燈光，是他們小而溫暖的家。

　　丹尼的父親經營加油站，並且幫人修理汽車。丹尼受父親影響，也喜歡機械，小小年紀就成了個小技師。丹尼的父親腦子裡裝滿了許多奇奇怪怪的主意，使得丹尼的生活充滿了躍動的快樂。一次偶然的機會，丹尼發現爸爸居然有一個不可告人的祕密：他是一個家傳的偷獵者！丹尼在爸爸一次偷獵失敗後，冒險救回了父親，從此父子倆同仇敵愾，發誓要與邪惡、霸道的林場主人周旋到底。在林場主人為巴結權貴而準備的狩獵日前一晚，丹尼以自己的機智和勇敢完成了一次最大的偷獵，他和父親兩個人一夜之間居然偷獵了120隻雉雞，成為當之無愧的偷獵世界冠軍。

Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell?

Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.

　　Roald Dahl為了娛樂他的4位小孩，在1960開始致力於兒童故事的寫作，為孩子們創作了十九部暢銷全球的兒童文學作品。其中以《女巫》(The Witches)，榮獲英國兒童文學「惠特比獎」及賣座電影《巧克力冒險工廠》也來自於他的作品Charlie and the Chocolate Factory，其他名作如Matilda, The BFG, The Magic Finger...等等，加上名插畫家Quentin Blake的巧手，讓人在閱讀的過程中，充滿了趣味。

　　Roald Dahl 羅爾德‧達爾（1916~1990）享譽文壇的英國兒童文學大師，其經典暢銷著作《巧克力冒險工廠》曾二度被翻拍為電影，至今仍廣受歡迎。

"I'm probably more pleased with my children's than with my adult short stories. Childern's books are harder to write It's tougher to keep a child interested because a child doesn't have the concentration of an adult. The child knows the television is in the next room. It's tough to hold a child, but it's a lovely thing to try to do."           ------Roald Dahl