This book is 250 pages long and is written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. It’s an extremely witty and absorbing page-turner. I thoroughly enjoyed every single page of it.

The book is about two boys who have recently moved into a new house after their mother had passed away. Through a random event, the two boys suddenly find they are millionaires. The story is about the two boys trying to spend all the money before the pound is converted to the Euro, which is to happen on 17 December.

One thing I find really interesting about Millions is how the two main characters have contrasting personalities. Damian, who is one of the two brothers, is completely obsessed with saints and very intelligent for his age: a completely different person from his brother Anthony, who has a very good knowledge of money.

Suddenly Damian is caught in a dilemma, where he has to choose between having everything he ever wanted and helping the poor, like all the saints he knows about.

Here is an extract from the book:

One thing about me is that I always really try to do whatever Dad tells me. It's not that I think he'll go off and leave us if we're a problem, but why take that risk? So I was excellent first lesson. Mr Quinn was doing "People We Admire" for Art Hour. A huge boy with a freckly neck nominated Sir Alex Ferguson and listed all the football trophies United had won under his stewardship. A boy called Jake said players were more important than managers and nominated Wayne Rooney for individual flair. Mr Quinn was looking around the room. To be educational about it, football was not taking him where he wanted to go. I put my hand up. He asked a girl.

"Don't know any footballers, sir."
"It doesn't have to be a footballer."
"Oh. Don't know, then, sir."
I used my other hand to hoist my hand up higher.
"Damian, who do you admire?"
By now, most of the others were into players versus managers.
I said, "St Roch, sir."
The others stopped talking.
"Who does he play for?"
"No one, sir. He's a saint."
The others went back to football.

I really enjoyed this book and I will recommend it to anyone who likes reading. I give it nine out of ten.