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Publisher:
Harper Children's Audio |
Release
Date: July 27, 2004 |
ISBN:
0-06-074272-0 |
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Format
Reviewed: Audio CD (Unabridged) |
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Genre:
Children's Fiction [ages 9-12] / Mystery |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Jo Rogers |
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Millions
By Frank Cottrell
Boyce
Read
by Simon Jones
Millions
is the story of the Cunningham brothers, Damian and Anthony. It
is also a story of greed and its consequences. Written for children
between the ages of nine and twelve, it is a story with a well-disguised
moral.
Damian and his brother have just moved
to a new house with their dad. Their mother died not long before,
which is what prompted the move. Damian wants to be very good in
school, excellent in fact. So, he does a lot of research on the
Internet about saints. In fact, he learns too much about them. That's
why he built a hermitage near the railroad tracks out of cardboard
boxes. He began to stuff holly branches into his shirt to "mortify"
his flesh. He also recited a great deal about the saints in class.
The whole thing got him into trouble.
One day, when he was at the hermitage,
a bag came flying out of the sky and landed near him. It was stuffed
with twenty-pound notes. Damian ran home and told his brother about
the money. He and Anthony took it home. However, there was a problem.
It was only seventeen days until Great Britain converted to the
euro, so they didn't have long to spend it. Then they found they
had another problem. The crooks who had stolen the money in the
first place wanted it back. They had to get rid of it, and get rid
of it fast.
It didn't take long for the boys to
figure out that they couldn't spend it fast enough. There weren't
that many things they really wanted. Damian tried giving it away,
but that was a disaster.
How the boys got rid of the money
and learned that money isn't everything is a comedy of errors sure
to please. Pick up a copy of Millions and listen to Simon Jones
tell a story you won't soon forget.
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