Millions and the Not-So-Great Train Robbery

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A New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2004 CILIP Carnegie MedalAn accidental train robbery and a suitcase full of cash are the perfect ingredients for adventure in Millions, Frank Cottrell Boyce's bestselling middle grade novel - now reissued with a brand-new cover.Two brothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to joining the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have just one glorious, appalling dilemma: how are they going to spend it in the few days before it becomes worthless? Torn between the vices of buying a million pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boys soon discover that being rich is a mug's game. For not only is the clock ticking, but the bungling bank robbers are closing in too.Pizza or World Peace - what would you choose?