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When a bag stuffed full of money falls out of a train and into their camp, Damian and Anthony are suddenly rich. Very, very rich, to be precise. But, there is a problem. They only have a few days in which to spend the money. When the Euro arrives, it’ll be worthless. A thrilling story about the real value of money but Millions is more than an adventure as the boys have recently lost their mother and their search for happiness is tinged with the sadness that, however much money they have, they’ll never be able bring her back.
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This book was selected by Marcus Sedgwick, July 2010 Guest Editor, as: "Another book I would be very proud to have written - I think comic writing is the hardest thing to do well, and this book is not only funny, it's a very happy book too, and we could all do with a few more of those in the world."
A bittersweet story about the perils and pleasures of pounds and pennies. It will make you laugh and cry.;Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma - how to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying a million pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boys soon discover that being rich is a mug's game. For not only is the clock ticking - the bungling bank robbers are closing in.....Pizzas or World Peace, what would you choose?
ISBN: 9781529008760
Publication date: 21/02/2019
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781447282341
Publication date: 26/03/2015
Publisher: Macmillan an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781447282341
Publication date: 15/10/2004
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
| ISBN: | 9781447282341 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2004 |
| Author: | Frank Cottrell-Boyce |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Suitable for: | 11+ readers, 9+ readers |
| Genres: | General Fiction |
| Recommendations: | eBooks |
A World Book Day Author 2019 Frank Cottrell Boyce is an accomplished, successful and award-winning author and screenwriter. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2004. Millions was was later turned into a film by Danny Boyle and it features in the Book Trust’s 100 Best Books List for 9-11 year olds. Frank is also a successful writer of film scripts and was the ...
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