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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

By: Helen Rutter
Narrated by: Helen Rutter
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About this listen

A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story: the funniest debut of 2021.

Billy Plimpton is an 11-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. A tough career for anyone, but surely impossible for Billy, who has a stammer. How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak?

The idea for this story came from Helen Rutter's son, who has a stammer: she wanted to write the book that he would love to read, starring a child like him.

©2021 Helen Rutter (P)2021 W F Howes Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction

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Critic reviews

“Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.” (Jacqueline Wilson)

“Amazing.” (Noel Fielding)

“This incredibly debut tugs at your heartstrings and makes you laugh out loud in equal measure. I guarantee you'll be cheering along in the final pages!” (Lisa Thompson)

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I liked the relationships across all ages, the friendship bonds and the lesson to face your fears. Highly recommend this book.

enjoyable

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I like the story line and the moral of the story you can do anything if you try hard

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I'm 11and I found that this book helped me a lot to understand what it's like to have a stammer which really sounds quite tricky but the story was also VERY funny with jokes packed into each chapter.
This book is a gem.

An amazing book full of laughs and love

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The whole family enjoyed listening to this audible book during our family holiday. We loved getting into the car to hear more and Billy! A great book!

Brilliant book!

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so funny and sad at some points but overall I found it the best book on all of audible

O MY GOODNESS 😁🤣🍑💨💩

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