While I adored Damien's saint-fixation and his brother's promiscuous obsession with finance, I felt the book ending with some moral ambiguity. It is good for a school novel study and also for anyone wanting a quick simple read during their free time. Millions focuses on what Damien and and his brother choose to do with a great deal of money that suddenly falls in their laps.

I rated this novel a 3 out of 5 because although the novel had a great message in it the story itself was confusing at times. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). When a huge bag stuffed with more than 200,000 quid comes flying out of the sky and into Damian’s cardboard “hermitage” (i.

I don't read children's fiction very often, but this one was recommended to me so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Damien is a fourth grade student in England on the brink of the (imaginary) Pound/Euro currency changeover.

Damian is convinced it is a gift from God, and contemplates with his older brother Anthony the best way to spend it. Through this novel The brothers are facing a newer, harder challenge everyday and as the saying goes "what goes up must come down" this is the perfect description of the Cunningham brothers journey, The money is giving them everything but it is also losing everything good they had especially when glass eye comes along. Seventeen days until Euros, seventeen days to use up more than two hundred and thirty thousand pounds. Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.What would you do if you were praying for a miracle that would make everything better, when a bag full of money falls from the heavens?

Anthony's character is easier to appreciate, and the humor comes through loud and clear to all, too. Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. I don’t think I would make any major changes because there wasn’t much wrong with the book however if I had to change something it would be to build suspense and add action because I found the book very bland and not very exciting. Steven has also written his own picture book ‘Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights’ and his new illustrated fiction series ‘Genie and Teeny’. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.I think that if the book included more action and events occurring then it could be better but the book didn’t take any big unexpected turns and didn’t include anything adventurous or out of the ordinary which is what I didn’t like. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. I read some chapters aloud to my younger sister (who is cool as a cucumber by temperament) and she laughed out loud to hear his antic reasoning, proving that for those who don't identify, there is much pleasure to be had from visiting Damian's corner of kook for a while.

You guys were so fab and Dawn was such a lovely presence in the schools - I will absolutely be in touch next time I'm in your neck of the woods. Conflicts arise throughout their family as the burden becomes to much to bear and secrets are becoming harder to keep. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. The book is about how money doesn’t measure happiness, wealth or a good life, wealth is measured by your relationships with friends and family and the bonds you make throughout life. There is also an interesting lesson in inflation in the school yard, not to mention several good examples of the corrupting influence of money.

Damian is obsessed with saints and builds himself a little hermitage to live in down by the railroad tracks. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot!