Billionaire Boy

Written by David Walliams

Narrated by David Walliams and Nitin Ganatra

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…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Jun 9, 2011
• ISBN: 9780007426072

David Walliams

David Walliams continues to take the literary world by storm. His tenth novel, BAD DAD, was an immediate number one, following the triumph of THE MIDNIGHT GANG, the biggest-selling children’s book of 2016. THE WORLD’S WORST CHILDREN 2, spent four weeks at industry number one. David’s books have now exceeded 100 non-consecutive weeks at children’s number one, and have been translated into 53 languages, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Reviews for Billionaire Boy

[kelly · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

David Walliams being in it he is such a good writer please make sure he gets this is my favourite audiobook maker ever he’s a bummer he’s the best David Walliams I love he’s obviously the best audiobook right the weather in the history of audiobook writing blow sports

[sam.bricews44 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good
And it was exciting to listen to good for kids

[Ella · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The reader was gorgeous his voice was really clear OKLOVEYOUSAMANTHA

[zainul shahjalal · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is one of my favourite books and if I don’t wanna read I can just listen

[Carly · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it if was awesome David walliams is the best

[Hsoldi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The money money money money money money money money money

[Richard De Montfort · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was very nice and clearly read and it was very funny

[N Jain bose · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It was nice but needed a better ending also raj was there soooooo ?

[shweta guna · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was a really good book my favourite of all of David Walliams

[Maya Hall · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was super duper funny and i now know
all you need is a family

[Lauren Wood · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the way David used different voice tones for the characters and this book is sort of true, if you are filthy rich (which I am not) your money will all be gone someday. 5 stars!!

[Julia Trinh · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is about Joe, a stinking rich boy, who wanted a friend but most people only wanted to know him because of his money. He ended up getting a friend who still liked him even after Joe and his Dad became bankrupt.

I loved this book because it was very humorous and it had Raj in it like all other David Walliams books. The moral of the story is that money doesn't matter and that friendship and family are more important.

I believe the target audience for this audiobook is 5-12 years old.

(9 year old male reader)

[Lydia Ayeni · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was fun creative and heartwarming it was funny too

[Daniel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing book! So funny and everyone loves it.
An enjoyable book for the whole family!

[Matt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really like this book because of the humor and how you can go from poor to and back to poor

[Sydney Bennett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was interesting thank you for making this wonderful book

[Olubunmi Akinnawo-Aiyegbusi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It told us how money doesnt buy love but relationship can.

[rojay250 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was so funny, I had tears in my eyes just listening to it!!!

[mstrsscat · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It made me realise that I don’t need fancy things to be happy with my life

[purplequeennl · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this book to my 9yo son (English is his second language), and we enjoyed it more than Mr Stink, which was a little too political.This story was about a boy whose father is a billionaire. and how being rich and being fat has stopped him being able to make friends. So he starts a new school where nobody knows he is rich and where he is not the fattest boy in school.It's funny and emotional. It covers bullying and shows how important friendship and being a part of something is, as well as about how money doesn't necessarily bring happiness, and definitely how you can't buy friendship or love.The things that let this down a little for me personally, was how many British cultural references like names of products (sweets/newspapers) and terminology needed explaining. There was an assumption that everyone reading this would know what they were. Mr Walliams is not considering a wider international audience. And also every now and then going off on a tangent away from the story to say something funny. It distracted from the story and the pace.Otherwise a fun read

[laviniarossetti · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Once upon a time, a little boy called Joe had a father who worked in a shop where he made loo-rolls - wrapped them round the tubes, round, all day long. He soon made his own loo-roll - Bumfresh (I can't remember the proper name, but I think it's Bumfresh). The young man sold them through and out the world - even the Queen bought one. He soon became rich, rich, rich, rich - very rich.

Mr Spud (Joe's father) soon broke up with his wife, and lived in a massive house with his son. Joe soon moved schools, and found a friend there called Bob. He made wonderful friends with him - until one day, a new girl called Lauren came, and this made Joe have a girlfriend straight away. When finally Bob found out, he and Joe fell out...

It turns out that because all Joe wanted was a friend, Mr Spud had bought Lauren to be his son's friend - Lauren was pretending to like Joe, and all went fine until one day when Joe tried to kiss Lauren.

Weirdly, it also turned out that Lauren was an actress, plus she was hanging out with another boy the other day.

When Joe found out, he made friends with Bob again, kicked Lauren out of his life and went to live with Bob. But why do that then stay in a massive house with about a thousand rooms? Well, you'll have to wait and see! ;)

This book was great, funny, amazing, sad, lovely and most of all: FUN. David Walliams must be rich by the amount of amazing books he's sold!!

[martensgirl · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book takes a lighthearted look at the value of wealth. There is sufficient toilet humour to keep children entertained!

[eloisef_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the area David Walliams decided to write about. I realy enjoyed the book and would recommend to any one.

[rata_4 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

good for a 7-9 year old in terms of school yard storyline about friendship and bullying. However this book does have mature themes that only an adult would understand (reading between the lines e.g pg 3 stunna!). I struggled to to find an angle of storyline to grip with and keep me engaged rather I hurriedly turn the pages and read this book in a night. I loved Boy in a Dress, but this book and Mr Stink are too weak for me.