Millions

by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Book Overview

It was a one-in-a-million chance. A bag crammed with cash comes tumbling out of the air and lands right at Damian's feet. Suddenly the Cunningham brothers are rich. Very rich. They can buy anything... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060733306
• ISBN13: 9780060733308
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

millions

This book called "Millions" is about two boys and there father. One of the boys finds A LOT of money thrown to him out of the skywhen a train was passing by.He thinks it came from heaven but it didnt! How did he getit? Where did it come from?Find out in this thrilling book called "Millions"!

Beautiful

This is an absolute gem of a book. I can't reccomend it highly enough, to readers of all ages. It's sweet, yet powerful, whimsical yet meaningful, fantastical yet so relevent. I couldn't put it down, and was at times brought to tears by the warmth, humour and poignancy. Please read this book! I can't imagine it ever disappointing.

One of the Best

Excellent. Quality. Enlightening. Our family of two parents and two sons, ages 11 and 13, loved listening more than once to this book on CD during a long family trip. It is one of our favorite books ever.

Millions of You Should Read This

This novel was a great read! I chose this book for a unit in English class but soon it was more than a novel, it was an adventure. With every page I got drawn into it, reading more and more. This book is about a young boy named Damian who finds a lot of money just outside from his house when it was said to fall from the sky. The money actually belong to somebody else which made the book also very interesting. The ending was one to remember where it gives you a bad perspective on a good character. The part of the book that was most memorable to me is when Damian prays to god to help him and down falls all of this money. I would recommend this book to anyone the ages 12-16. It is a great novel and definitely is worth the time to read.

Flat-out amazing

When Brit Damian Cunningham talks about any topic, he likes to start with the patron saint of the story. His big brother, Anthony, is into money and investments, but Damian is fascinated by saints. As this story begins, the boys' mother has died. They've moved with their father into a new house and started attending a new school. Dad has instructed Damian to be excellent and he tries very hard to be good, partly because he's afraid his father will vanish, as his mother did, if he fails. To that end, he answers his teacher in class in such long-winded detail or is so "quiet" that his teacher is concerned. Damian builds a hermitage, or retreat, of cardboard boxes down by the train tracks. There, he has visions of saints. When the saints talk to him, he always asks if they've seen his mother. England is changing to a new money system, so people are exchanging their old notes for the new "Euros." The boys enjoy watching the trains carrying England's old money off to be destroyed. One night, Damian is in his hermitage, praying. The train thunders past. A bag with millions of the old-fashioned pound notes --- an unbelievable fortune! --- tumbles off the train, crashing into the hermitage. Damian believes it's a direct gift from God in sympathy for the death of his mother. Damian and Anthony don't tell their father of their sudden wealth out of concern for taxes. They discuss all they can buy: sea monkeys, fancy bikes, cell phones, computer games, houses. They must spend their wealth in 17 days, because when the new money system goes into effect, their notes will be worthless. Life becomes more and more complicated when thieves and police enter the picture. The brothers treat school kids to soft drinks, and then bribe them for favors. Damian and Anthony buy their classmates' belongings for huge prices. Soon, they're lying to their father about where all their new toys have come from. Damian wryly notes that there's no patron saint of lying. This book is flat-out amazing --- I've never read anything remotely like it. It manages to be simultaneously funny, horrifying, fantastical, realistic, sad, touching, and shocking. The plot twists are unpredictable, and the characters are believably quirky. A truly excellent read. --- Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon (terryms2001@yahoo.com)