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Funny, exciting and brilliantly clever, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's Millions is a fantastic adventure about two boys, one miracle and a million choices. Perfect for boys and girls of 8 to 12. What would you do with a million pounds? Buy a thousand pizzas? Give it to charity?...
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See moreAn accidental train robbery and a suitcase full of cash are perfect ingredients for adventure in this bestselling, CILIP-Carnegie-Medal-winning novel from Frank Cottrell-Boyce, featuring a fantastic cover from Steven Lenton.
An accidental train robbery and a suitcase full of cash are perfect ingredients for adventure in this bestselling, CILIP-Carnegie-Medal-winning novel from Frank Cottrell-Boyce, featuring a fantastic cover from Steven Lenton.
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Funny, exciting and brilliantly clever, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's Millions is a fantastic adventure about two boys, one miracle and a million choices. Perfect for boys and girls of 8 to 12.
What would you do with a million pounds? Buy a thousand pizzas? Give it to charity?
When a bag stuffed full of money drops out of the sky, Damian and Anthony And themselves rich. Very rich indeed. Suddenly the brothers can buy anything they want. They've got millions - but only seventeen days to spend it.
An incredible tale of brothers and lots and lots of pizza, Millions won the CILIP Carnegie medal and is celebrating twenty years of bestselling success.
This edition of Frank Cottrell-Boyce's Carnegie Medal-winning Millions features fantastic cover artwork from the brilliant Steven Lenton.
Millions is also a major film directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle.
'Fresh, funny, touching and wise' - The Times
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035042517
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 July 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Steven Lenton
- Illustrated by Steven Lenton
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Frank Cottrell-Boyce loves magic. He tries his best with playing cards, rabbits and top hats but is happiest playing with the magic of words. He's written many award-winning children's books including Millions, Cosmic and Noah's Gold. He's also written films - including Millions, and Kensuke's Kingdom - and helped create big events like the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. He lives by the sea in Liverpool with his family.. Steven Lenton is a multi-award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including How To Grow A Unicorn by Rachel Morrisroe, The Taylor Turbochaser by David Baddiel, The Hundred And One Dalmatians adapted by Peter Bently, the Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize-winning The Nothing To See Here Hotel series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own Draw-along YouTube channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. He has also written the multi award-nominated young fiction series Genie and Teeny. For more info visit stevenlenton.com
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