The BFG / Roald Dahl / 219 pages / Dead Author Challenge

This was a most delightful, entertaining audio by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Twits, etc.  Sophie is abducted after she witnesses a giant doing something mysterious to some neighborhood children through their window at night.  The BFG kidnaps her to keep his secret safe.  He is the Big Friendly Giant and does not eat children, unlike the nine other frighteningly named giants.  He and Sophie work together to save the queen, and indeed the entire world, from their dastardly plan.  The BFG's speech patterns alone make this a most amusing, endearing tale.