Being nouveau riche so Joe is bullied and looked down on by the other children at the posh school he attends, and persuades his dad to let him go to the local comprehensive. But will Joe find happiness and friends, or will other things get in the way?

Chapter 5 Out of Date Easter Eggs DING! No, reader, that’s not your doorbell. No need to get up. It’s the sound of the bell tinkling in Raj’s shop as Bob and Joe opened the door. “Ah, Bob! My favourite customer!” said Raj. “Welcome, welcome!” Raj ran the local newsagent’s shop. All the local kids adored him. He was like the funny uncle you always wished you had. And even better than that, he sold sweets. “Hi, Raj!” said Bob. “This is Joe.” “Hello Joe,” exclaimed Raj. “Two fat boys in my shop at one time! The Lord must be smiling on me today! Why have you both got so little on?” “We came straight from cross-country running, Raj,” explained Bob. “Fantastic! How did you do?” “First and second…” replied Bob. “That’s wonderful!” exclaimed Raj. “…to last,” finished Bob. “That’s not so good. But I imagine you boys must be hungry after all that exercise. How can I help you today?” “We’d like to buy some chocolate,” said Joe. “Well, you have come to the right place. I have the finest selection of chocolate bars in this parade!” Raj announced triumphantly. Considering the only other shops in the parade were a launderette and a long since closed florist that wasn’t saying much, but the boys let it pass. The story is about a 12-year-old billionaire, Joe Spud, who lives with his billionaire dad, who made money out of revolutionary Bumfresh toilet paper. The Spuds live in a very large country home. The two of them have everything they could ever want, such as an orang-utan butler, a bowling alley, a cinema, and servants. Joe is depressed, sad and unhappy when he doesn't have any friends. He leaves a wealthy children's school to join a local comprehensive. There he meets 12-year-old, Bob, with whom he becomes friends.Later that day, in History class with Miss Spite (or The Witch) Joe realizes he has forgotten his History homework, and Miss Spite gives him 15 minutes to retrieve it, and Joe calls his father. Len Spud arrives in a Bum Air helicopter, unveiling Joe's secret to the entire school. Joe is chased by everyone, all wanting money from him, and ultimately arrives to Miss Spite five seconds late, and she puts him on litter duty; Joe tries to explain, but Miss Spite does not listen and puts him on litter duty for a month. In Chapters 13 and 17, Joe isn’t very nice when Bob tries to make friends again. Talk about other ways that he could have dealt with the situation. EXCLUSIVE ENHANCEMENTS AND CONTENTS VIDEO: David Walliams introduces Billionaire Boy School Lunch Menu Teachers' Catchphrases Sapphire's Birfday Wish-List Purpleness Character Voices Horrible Food Bumfresh AUDIO: Meet Joe Spud Lessons Blob

Bullying takes place at both schools that Joe goes to. Discuss what bullying is and how we can help those who are affected by it. The outrageous display of money in the novel plays on the same instinctive craving in children. Children are the economically deprived class – however rich their parents are, they have no access to the bank accounts and have to rely on their parents for all spendings. Billionaire Boy effectively gets rid of this tough law of childhood to present a kid who can have as much money as he wants, to do whatever he wants with it. Once again, this is the ultimate dream for a child reader, and the attraction of the novel depends heavily on it. Review: Billionaire Boy by David Walliams". The Express. 24 October 2010 . Retrieved 2 January 2013.

Listen to the audiobook version of the story. Could you read and record your own version of the story?

This venue has additional Covid-19 safety measures in place to ensure the health and well-being of the staff, performers, and guests. You won’t tell anyone at school, will you?” said Joe. “About me being a billionaire. It’s so embarrassing. Especially when they find out how my dad became rich. Please?” “Not if you don’t want me to.” “I don’t. I really don’t.” “Well, I won’t then.” “Thanks.” The two continued down the street. After a few paces Joe couldn’t wait any longer. He turned to Bob, who had already polished off half the massive bar of Dairy Milk. “Can I have some chocolate then?” he asked. “Yes of course. This is for us to share,” said Bob, as he broke off his friend a tiny square of chocolate. The adaptation aired on New Year's Day 2016 at 7pm on BBC One. [4] It was seen by 6.34 million viewers, making it the 17th most watched programme on BBC One for the week ending January 3, 2016 and the 21st most watched across all UK TV channels. [5]

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Billionaire Boy has a ‘Postscript’ which gives information about what happened to the characters after the story ended. Could you write a postscript for your favourite books? Bob: Joe's best friend and later stepbrother. His dad died of cancer and his family is poor. The Grubbs bully him and is made fun of by the rest of the class for being fat. He weighs twelve tones and weighed eight tones when he was a baby. He is Raj's favourite customer. Is called blob by his classmates. Chapter 16 has a list of silly names. Discuss why each one is silly and what words / phrases they sound like. Could you come up with some more silly names? Billionaire Boytells the story of Joe Spud, 12-year-old son of a self-made-multibillionaire who would have wowed Lord Sugar with his clever invention of a half-moist, half-dry loo paper roll. Little Joe has everything he wants, except for one thing: a friend. At one point in the story, there is a petition to get Miss Spite reinstated. Talk about what a petition is. Are there any issues that you would like to change? Think about ways that you could help to make that change. Would a petition help?

Billionaire Boy is a children's fiction book written by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross. It was published on 28 October 2010 [1] by HarperCollins. The story follows Joe Spud, who is the richest boy in the country and has everything he could ever want, but wishes to have a friend and eventually learns a lesson on being a normal boy. The book was adapted for BBC television, broadcast on 1 January 2016. I am a big fan of David Walliams and have been meaning to try out his children’s books for a while, so ‘Billionaire Boy’ seemed a good first choice.

What I like in David's writing style is how he takes things to the extremes, it is so sarcastic and then he surprises you with something sad or surprising that you ought to have feelings no matter what! David Walliams’s latest children’s novel is an easy-going, fun book, clearly geared to appeal to boys (and we do need boys’ books), and even more clearly designed by its publisher (Harper Collins) to fill the un-fillable gap left by Roald Dahl’s death. Being un-fillable, this gap is left unfilled, but it was a worthy attempt.