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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?
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Millions and the Not-So-Great Train Robbery, Frank Cottrell Boyce
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- Released
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 152900876x
- ISBN13
- 9781529008760
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Humor, School, Children, Death, England, Great Britain, Teens, Happiness, Money, Father, Brothers, Morality, Saints, Euro
- Original title
- Millions
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- 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?