During his litter duty where Bob helps him, the Grubbs arrive to reveal Joe's money deal with them. Bob, angered, calls Joe a spoiled brat and leaves, ending their friendship.

After the success of the first two adaptations ( Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny), Walliams announced that The Boy in the Dress and Billionaire Boy would be made into television specials. Billionaire Boy: David Walliams". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015 . Retrieved 1 February 2015. In Chapter 8, there is a list of teachers’ catchphrases. Make a list of catchphrases that your teachers say. Could you make up some new catchphrases that new teachers might say? Joe Spud: The main character in the story. He is the son of a multi-billionaire. His best friend is Bob and his love interest is Lauren, who is revealed to be an actress. Joe is twelve years old at the beginning of the book. He was bullied at his last school because his father made his fortune by making loo rolls, he is very socially awkward.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 There is always some kind of a message behind the book, specially that they are directed toward younger readers, this book's main idea that money can not buy you anything, specially friends and happiness. But this was over-repeated here that it became kinda annoying. The editorial work on the book is generally very good, with a nice play on fonts and layouts. However, the novel is stangely riddled with tiny editorial mistakes, especially regarding punctuation. Raj: Raj is a very kind shopkeeper who is on occasion rather bizarre and sells newspapers, magazines and chocolates . World of David Walliams". Archived from the original on 4 September 2015 . Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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Joe Spud

It is an easy book to get through and it has wonderful Dahl-esque characters and it tells an important story about how money cannot buy friends, and anyone who likes you for your money alone isn't your friend at all, but other than that I thought it was rather dire. 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.