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Billionaire Boy

By: David Walliams
Narrated by: David Walliams,Nitin Ganatra
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Summary

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.

But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds… and not a single friend. But then someone comes along, someone who likes Joe for Joe, not for his money. The problem is, Joe's about to learn that when money is involved, nothing is what it seems.

The best things in life are free, they say – and if Joe's not careful, he's going to lose them all…

©2010 David Walliams (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"A triumphant mix of wit and warmth." (Telegraph Books of the Year)

“Guaranteed to appeal to youngsters [...] definitely another hit for Walliams." (The Express)

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Good but not a classic, suitable for older childen

David Walliams has produced a reasonably entertaining story here, but, despite selective press reviews to the contrary, he is not likely to overshadow Roald Dahl any time soon. As with all of his other books David's characters are flawed and sometimes exceedingly unpleasant - as are Dahl's - but the key difference is that Walliams is too keen to push boundaries at times by making all too frequent mild sexual references, which are too much for the target audience in my opinion.

I would love to let my six year old son listen to this, but references to Joe thinking about a young girl's breasts prevented me from allowing him to listen to what was otherwise a perfectly suitable and entertaining story - this kind of content appears a couple of times throught this story, but it doesn't add anything of substance to it. It just seems to be there for shock value.

On a positive note to finish, David narrates this story excellently as should be expected. I would recommend this for slightly older children (10+), which is not a limitation I would apply to any of the childrens titles by Roald Dahl.

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Hilarious and brilliantly read , for ages 6 to 90

An easy listen for any long car journey that will entertain the whole family. A boy whose father has become a multi billionaire from making toilet paper wants nothing more than an ordinary life, with ordinary friends, without the embarrasment of being known as 'bumboy' and without his father interfering and buying him everything in life. In his quest for anonimity he moves to a new school to start afresh without anyone knowing his background. David Walliams has a knack for identifying with children's emotions and this book is very funny and yet very down to earth. No sugar saccharine characters like so many other children's books. The shopkeeper, Raj, who features in all his books, provides many laugh out loud moments and frequently gets quoted by my children during any trip to shops. I think this book is a particularly suited to 8 to 10 year olds.

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Brilliant as per usual 😀

I enjoyed every bit including that funky jam TUNE at the end🎶! which is soon to be added to my 'Must buy' collection on iTunes! But yes, anyway it was very good!

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Very good and great voices by David Walliams

An excellent story, very enjoyable. I'm a 37 year old man, so it's not just for kids! My 7 year old nieces had told me bits if it and it sounded like a bit of a hoot and I can confirm, it's great. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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Brilliant

I loved this as much as I loved the demon dentist! Another great funny story by David Walliams! I would recommend it!

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listening to billionaire boy

Billionaire boy was a fantastic book with lots of exciting parts,

my favourite character was: Bob because he is funny and i like his accent.

I rated this 5 star because it was full of imaginative characters. Maisie (aged 9)

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Loved it

I loved it and liked all the different voices and raj's special offers. Can't wait for the TV version. Lucy age 8.

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david willam is my favourite book writer I love this book amazing
buy nos op

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Brilliant!

Where does Billionaire Boy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

We do a lot of driving to and from clubs and school and this audiobook kept my girls from bickering in the back! The girls couldn't wait for next car journey! Why did I not think of listening to books in the car before? David walliums is our favourite author- billionaire boy was brilliant as always. Running out of David walliums books to listen to!

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Awesome

It was amazing everyone should listen to it. It was a very good David Walliams book

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