Billionaire Boy

By Author / Illustrator

David Walliams, Tony Ross

Genre

Humour

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN

9780007371082

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

09-06-2011

Synopsis

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and one of the fastest growing children's author across the globe.

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact.

You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.

Yes, Joe has absolutely everything he could possibly want. But there's just one thing he really needs: a friend...

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Reviews

Ruby - Age 10

Joe Spud is the richest boy in the world, all because of one loo roll. he goes to the richest school in England, St. Cuthberts, where they have to wear itchy Elizabethan ruffs and tights. Just because of a loo roll. All the boys make fun of Joe, and call him Bum boy. His dad, Mr Spud, can afford everything in the world, except for one thing. The only thing Joe really wants is a friend. WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS A LOT OF BOG ROLLS!!!

Kirsty

this book is about a boy called Joe spud, his dad is rich, but Joe isn't really impressed because his dad is only rich because he invented a new type of loo roll. Joe has no friends at the school for posh children so he moves to a normal school.