Malý miliardář

by David Walliams, Veronika Volhejnová (Translator)

Joe je boháč, přesně řečeno nejbohatší dvanáctiletý kluk v celé Británii. Má všechno, nač si vzpomene: vůz formule 1, kino, pět set párů sportovních bot, orangutana jako sluhu. A přece mu něco důležitého chybí: kamarád… Poprosí proto tátu, aby směl chodit (světe, div se!) do docela obyčejné školy, inkognito! Tím rozpoutá sérii bláznivých situací a neuvěřitelných trapasů, na jejímž konci Joe zjišťuje, že peníze a bohatství ke štěstí nestačí.

David Walliams vypráví o věcech, které jsou k pláči, tak brilantně a s takovou dávkou skvělého humoru, že budete plakat smíchy. Právem je kritiky označován za nového Roalda Dahla.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Humor, School, Novels, Young Adult

Unknown Binding

First published October 1, 2010

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award-winning sketch show Little Britain. His debut children's novel, The Boy in the Dress, was published in 2008 to unanimous critical acclaim and he has since developed a reputation as a natural successor to Roald Dahl.

Reviews

[Petra X · Rating 5 out of 5]

Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it certainly buys you a lot of "friends" who are never going to make you happy. Your money is the means by which they are going to fulfil their own agendas, it's not you they are interested in buddying up to. Not having money doesn't make you happy either. I think the best balance is enough to pay all your bills and have a nice holiday every year and a private jet and pilot, a yacht in the marina and a bright yellow Lamborghini in the drive owning your own home.

[[ J o ] · Rating 2 out of 5]

This review can be found on Amaranthine Reads.

It's strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.

The only David Walliams book I have read is Ratburger, which I thought was a great book and not unexpected from the comedy genius that is Walliams. I have seen a few more adaptations of his other works and found them to be largely hit-and-miss and, sadly, Billionaire Boy was one of the adaptations that I disliked and couldn't actually finish watching.

Billionaire Boy sees young Joe Spud-a billionaire-wanting to move to a "normal", non-posh school because he is terribly bullied and has no friends. But there's a catch: no-one can know that he is in fact a squillionaire thanks to his father's wet-n-dry toilet paper invention.

It is a fun book and I'd never consider not letting any child read it, but I will say this is probably the weakest story that I've read. I can really only compare Walliams' to Roald Dahl (which, less face it, is no competition at all) so in those terms Billionaire Boy falls terribly short.

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.

The jokes were lacklustre and fell completely flat, but even then there were barely any jokes at all. I recall Ratburger being quite dark and considering Walliams' comedy career, I think he makes the darker stuff work much better. It is a disappointing book from a man I consider to be a good writer, but sadly this one just didn't have it.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

My niece has been telling me to read some David Walliams books for a while now (she can be quite forceful for a ten-year-old). I was initially reluctant as, I have to admit, I’m not really a fan of Walliams’ television work.

Then the audiobook version of ‘Billionaire Boy’ turned up as Audible’s book of the day for £1.99 and I thought ‘Oh, go on then’. (Actually, I thought ‘if I read this, perhaps my niece will stop beating me up’.)

Within ten minutes I was laughing out loud and wishing I’d listened to my niece’s advice sooner. This book is genuinely funny, for both children and adults. The fact that it’s also a love letter to Roald Dahl just makes it better for me, being a huge fan of Dahl’s work.

The only thing that bothered me was Walliams’ ‘comedy’ Indian person’s voice (the author reads the audiobook version himself and generally does a cracking job). It was a bit like something from a 1970s sitcom; ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ springs to mind. I don’t want to be that person who is always getting offended on behalf of others… but, if I’m honest, it made me slightly uncomfortable.

That one gripe aside, this was a brilliant book and I’ll definitely be reading more of Walliams’ stuff in the future.

[Shweta Padma Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick, fun read. About a 12-year-old boy, Joe, who has it all, 8 billions or so to be precise. And though he gets 2 more mils for his birthday, all he wants is a friend.

Enter Bob, the fattest, most picked-on boy at his new school for regular "nonrich" kids. But not anymore. The two boys quickly strike up a friendship. But the billion dollar question is: can their friendship withstand the weight of a gazzillion pounds?

And then there's a whole cast of oddballs (Mr. Raj from Mr. Stink's also here) and a battery of funny lists and a ton of tongue-in-cheek humor to keep us laughing through it all.

Together, whether they mean to or not, all the people in his life, new and old, make Joe understand that money is not the answer to everything. Not when it comes to friendship, family, and love.

David Walliams rocks. 4 happy stars from the kid in me!

[Tonkica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Spud je najbogatiji dvanaestogodišnjak na svijetu. Joe ima doslovno sve što poželi, između ostalog: vlastiti bolid Formule 1, sve računalne igrice na svijetu, krokodila, kino IMAX 3D u podrumu, tjedni džeparac veći od godišnje plaće običnog radnika. Da, Joe ima sve što mu srce želi, no samo mu je jedno doista potrebno, ono što se ne može kupiti novcem.

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[Totoro · Rating 3 out of 5]

خب، ساعت ۱۲ شب تو بیمارستان فصل های آخر رو گوش کردم.
کتاب بامزه ای بود، نه به بامزگی خاطرات پسربچه چلمن ولی اکی بود.
لحظات کیوتی داشت و کتاب صوتی که توسط نویسنده خونده میشد هم عالی بود
خیلی داستان رو نپسندیدم، یه خط داستانی واحد نداشت، بعنوان یه بزرگسال دوس نداشتم بهم درس بده ولی مطمئنا برای مخاطبین اصلیش خوبه.
و اینکه بعضی از اتفاقات مثل مثلا پول دادن بابای پسره به یه دختر که بیاد با پسرش دوست بشه، با اینکه حالا اینا بچه ان و اشکالی نداره ولی اینجور اتفاق ها بیشتر مناسب سیتکام های تازه نه چندان قوی هستن نه کتابی که مخاطبش بچه هان. حالا درسته میخوایم درس بدیم بهشون که پول خوشبختی نمیاره فقط!
حالا این بازم نظر شخصی من بود و برای دیگران ممکنه جذاب باشه.

[Rohan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Spud is a twelve year old boy. He is overweight and over rich. He has everything you can possibly (even his own formula one race car and a 1000 seater couch) imagine except a friend. When he was young, he was poor because his dad had worked in a loo factory making loo rolls everyday. When he was 10 his mother died and his dad decided he was going to make his own special loo rolls. He then quit work and started his business. He called it Bumfresh. since Joe wanted to get a friend, he decides to quit going to the most expensive posh school and try his luck at a local school where he pretends to be a normal boy. Another reason he quit, was because he was being bullied and being called all sorts of names. When Joe finds out his dad bought the principal the most expensive motorbike just to sack the teacher and paid a person to become Joe's friend, he runs away and... This is a great book and I recommend it for ages 9 and up.

[Phu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Billionaire Boy là một tác phẩm với những ý nghĩa về đồng tiền: Đôi khi nhiều tiền không tốt. Ít tiền thì cũng không, Và quan trọng, mọi thứ đôi khi không thể giải quyết bằng tiền.

So với các cuốn sách khác của bác Walliams, thì cuốn này không hoàn toàn mang cho mình cảm giác vui nhộn. Cách kể chuyện sáng tạo, nhưng mình cảm thấy bình thường trước những "mô tả í ẹ" và cảm thấy nó không thú vị như trước. Nhân vật bình thường và không mấy ấn tượng. Được một cái kết rất ổn.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very bold comment to make but I actually think David Walliams might be better than Roald Dahl. I know, I know. Roald Dahl is phenomenal, amazing, one of a kind, etc. But David's books are so genuinely good, kind, honest, heart warming and most importantly wise. But not in a posh way. Just in a everyday-life-type-of-wise way.
Admirations, Mr Walliams. You really did make my heart go "awww". I will be always grateful for that.

[Hamad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

I tried reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and the first book was Ok, funny in one way or another but it lost its magic as the series continued, this in comparison was so funny, original and there is no repetition in David's different books. And I can't resist reading the books in David sound which makes them much funnier.

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.

What I like in David's writing style is how he takes things to the extremes, it is so sarcastic and then he surprises you with something sad or surprising that you ought to have feelings no matter what!

See this example:
"The posh boys at St Cuthbert’s had
names like Nathaniel Septimus Ernest
Bertram Lysander Tybalt Zacharias
Edmund Alexander Humphrey Percy
Quentin Tristan Augustus Bartholomew
Tarquin Imogen Sebastian Theodore
Clarence Smythe.
That was just one boy."

and this one:
"If you
have a name like any of those in the list
below it is very, very important you
don’t become a teacher:
*Sue Doku
*Tom Atoe
*Justin Case
*Neil Down
*Will Ing
*Bob Head
*Terry Daktul
*Clare Voyant
*Mel Formed
*Rachel Prejudice
*Mona Lott
*Herbie Hind
*Ima Hogg
*Carol Singer
*Dick Tate
*Don Keigh
*Rhoda Camel
*Robin Banks
*Felix Cited
*Gerry Atrick
*Bea O’Problem
*Mya Bumreeks
*Anita Bath
*Sue Age
*Marcus Absent
*Al Gebra
*Barbara Blacksheep
*Kitty Litter
*Mary Christmas
*Jim Class
*Doris Closed
*Doris Locked
*Wayne Dear
*Dan Druff
*Humphrey Dumpty
*Stan Dupp
*Cliff Hanger
*Hugh Idiot
*Lee King
*Manuel Labour
*Ruth Less
*Willie Mammoth
*Marsha Mellow
*Walter Melon
*Hazel Nut
*Luke Out
*Stu Pidd
*Lolly Popp
*Chuck Up
Seriously. Don’t even consider it.
The kids in your class will make your
life a living hell."

So those are just 2 examples and there are many more, so if you found those funny, you will certainly enjoy this book!

[Siva Nachiappan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billionaire Boy, by David Walliams, is about a 12 year old boy called joe Spud. He's a billionaire and has everything he wants; a formula one racing car, a thousand pairs of trainers, a race track, even an orangutang butler. But the only think Joe really wants that he cannot buy is a true friend. Not a bunch of bullies at a rich private school who tease him. No, Joes wants a friend. And the only way he decides to get one, is to go to public school and hide that he is a billionaire. David Walliams displays the ideas of true friendship and loyalty and it is a very entertaining and humorous book. I would recommend this book to a) ages 8-13 b) people who are looking for a good laugh. Also, this book has a great moral as it teaches us that family and friends are more important than money and the book also has a plot twist at the end which makes it great. The only thing I would have liked is if it were longer.

[Michael Finocchiaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

We absolutely adored this book - our first David Williams one with the relationship between Joe Spud and Bob and we are introduced to the ineffable, hilarious Raj! A story of friendship and the value of money vs family as well as a hilarious plot, this was an absolutely delightful read for any kid over 6 or 7!

[Andris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mazie klausītāji ir lieli Valjamsa fani un liek kārtīgas 5 zvaigznes.

[Gunnar Coleman]

Spoiler alert





Him and his dad where poor and then his dad made a thing called a loo roll that is really just toilet paper but at the end everyone butts turns purple because of loo roll

[Superlopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ya lo había leído varias veces pero me sigue encantando como está todo contado de una forma muy simple pero que lo hace mucho más divertido y más fácil de leer.
En resumen: David Walliams es genial.

[Staceywh_17 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think these books are genius & hilariously penned for whatever age you may be! I got my copy via a Halloween book swap on Facebook 🎃

[Rebecca Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a big fan of David Walliams and have been meaning to try out his children’s books for a while, so ‘Billionaire Boy’ seemed a good first choice.

‘Billionaire Boy’ is a heart-warming story about a 12-year-old boy, Joe, who has everything money can buy. But he’s lonely, and doesn’t have a single friend. This story follows Joe on his quest to find a friend, where he learns about trust and companionship, and ultimately that money can’t buy friendship.

I really enjoyed reading this book as it is packed full of David Walliams’ witty and dry humour that many adults can enjoy, along with the silly imaginative humour that children will love. There is also a very touching moral to the story: money doesn’t solve everything, and ultimately love and friendship is much more powerful.

I think this book is suitable for children predominantly aged 10-14. It is a book for independent reading, but can also be enjoyed shared reading with an adult for younger children, or during ‘story time’ in the classroom. The book is extremely imaginative and uses creative ideas and funny phrases to keep children laughing, which can be used in schools to inspire creative story writing, especially in Key Stage 2. It is also a book that many readers will be able to relate to, as it incorporates modern and current social situations that children will also deal with today in society.

I thoroughly enjoyed this read and will certainly continue with more of the David Walliams children’s books!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

David Walliams gives us here a fun tale that shows that money really doesn’t buy you everything, and the importance of friends. As we meet Joe Spud he is just turning twelve and is rich but lonely. When he was eight his dad came up with a new toilet roll, proving that there is money to be made in ----. Propelled into the jet set lifestyle due to its popularity so life has altered, but on the way Mrs Spud has divorced her husband and the Spuds, father and son live in a huge mansion alone with their servants.

Being nouveau riche so Joe is bullied and looked down on by the other children at the posh school he attends, and persuades his dad to let him go to the local comprehensive. But will Joe find happiness and friends, or will other things get in the way?

In all this is a good tale that is fun to read and is quite thoughtful, and should do well with children. With manipulation and money grabbers this shows what can happen when you suddenly become very rich. Illustrated throughout we also hear from Raj here and when he was wealthier. One thing is for sure though and that is money does not make you necessarily happy or means you have any really true friends, just those who are after a handout.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 2 out of 5]

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2332005.html[return][return]A book for kids about a boy whose father is a billionaire due to inventing a new type of toilet paper, and how difficult it is to find normality. Shockingly misogynistic - there isn't a single sympathetic female character - and all the kids appear to be white. Lots of poo jokes as well, for those who like poo jokes.

[Vasilis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Billionaire Boy is a decent read. A story about a 12yr old boy, who quickly realizes that money cannot buy you happiness. It has done funny bits, some other jokes are not so funny. The characters are fairly believable, but only the men. All the female characters are very stereotypical, and in some ways, the book is a bit misogynistic.

[Ruthy lavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

More genius brilliance from the great David Walliams!
My youngest and I are loving our nightly escapades into Walliam’s world.
What an imagination!
A real hero in our house.

[PETRONELA ATOMEI · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baiatul Miliardar scrisa de unul din juratii de la British got Talent, David Walliams este una din cartile dedicate copiilor peste 10 ani.
Trebuie sa recunosc ca ador sa intru in mintea copiilor si cel putin o data pe luna sa citesc o carte destinata lor.

Ca si toate celelalte si aceasta are o morala " nu totul se cumpara cu bani"
Perfect adevarat.
Asa incepe povestea lui Joe Bostan, baiatul miliardar care avea absolut tot ce.si putea dori, mai putin un prieten.
Merge la o scoala de fite, dar tot nu reuseste sa.si faca prieteni.
Astfel opteaza sa renunte la scoala posh si sa mearga la scoala din cartier.
Ce urmeaza trebuie sa aflati.
O poveste palpitanta, o lectie de viata pentru cei mici si mari.

V.o recomand spre lectura!!!
Merita citita.

[Inita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Galvenais ir draudzība, mīlestība un ģimene. Par naudu šo visu nevar nopirkt. Tā nu Džo, kurš ir ļoti, ļoti bagāts, vēlas šo visu un labprāt savu bagātību iemainītu pret to. Šajā darbā tiek arī uzsvērts, ka patiess draugs ir tāds, kuram nav svarīgs mantiskais stāvoklis, bet tu pats.
Diezgan vienkārši šis viss ir izstāstīts, bet bērniem ir saprotami un patīk.

[Piccolo Diavolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Treća :) Dječak kaže oko 4 🤣

[Viktoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story with lots of good jokes! The story teller talkes to his readers directly, i like that. Walliams probably tries to build a bond with his young readers, and it works.
I didn't like that Walliams made Joe and his Dad loose all their money at the end. This way there couldn't really be a developement for the characters. Especially for the Dad. Being poor again brought him to his senses. But it would have been nice to see that he learns how to show that he loves his son and still be super rich. The friendship between the boys would be more interesting as well. Could they keep it up or not? With making the Spuds poor the author choose the easier ending. Bummer!

[Leo Kwon · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is about Joe Spud, who is a heir of billionaire Len Spud who invented the half dry, half moist toilet paper. Joe decided to go to regular school since he never made any friend in his original posh school. At the first day he tries his best to keep the secret and also got to be friend with a boy named Bob. Bob finds out Joe's secret but still he still wants to be his friend. As the story goes on Joe finds out that something can never be bought with money and somethings are more valuable then money. This book was great. While also being funny this book has many heartwarming scene. This book is great for everyone who is able to read this.

[Haroon · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is really good. If you like humorous books this is right up your street. this book really can make you laugh but also can make you a bit upset. This was the first David walliams book i purchased and I thought it would be quite funny because everyone said he writes like roald dahl (one of my favourite authors). This book highly exeeded my expectations and I am very happy I purchased this. I have also read his other book Gangsta granny which was equally as good if not more and soon I will purchase Mr stink and The Boy in the dress.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I haven't read a David Walliams children's book that we haven't enjoyed. Which is a better track record than Roald Dahl, whose novels have been a bit more hit or miss There's a good moral message in this one - you can't buy happiness - money doesn't make you happy, and friends are made not bought.

[Franko · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has to be one of my favorite Walliams' books. Absolutely delightful and funny.

[elie :33 · Rating 1 out of 5]

its horrid and quite boring.