Which Roald Dahl book is an autobiography about his childhood and school years?

Boy: Tales of Childhood is Roald Dahl’s autobiography about his childhood and school years.

Published in 1984, Boy recounts Dahl’s early life, including his family background, childhood experiences and education in England. Rather than presenting a continuous conventional autobiography, the book is organized around vivid memories and episodes that shaped his imagination.

Dahl describes incidents at schools including Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peter’s and Repton. The narrative includes his recollections of the famous “Great Mouse Plot,” an episode in which he and friends placed a dead mouse in a sweetshop jar. Such stories reveal how ordinary childhood experiences became material for his later fiction.

Boy is often confused with Going Solo, the second volume of Dahl’s autobiography. Going Solo covers his adult life, including his work in East Africa and service as an RAF pilot during World War II. Boy ends before that later period.