The start of a hilarious new middle-grade series from beloved award-winning, bestselling author Pamela Butchart.

“plenty of merry mayhem […] Ben’s guileless narration gently opens the reader’s eyes to the realities of modern-day financial hardship” – THE TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE WEEK

“It’s entertaining, relatable, and there are doodles and illustrations every few paragraphs to encourage reluctant readers” – THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK

Just how far will one boy go to become a fully-fledged billionaire?

So here’s the thing about me. I’m a billionaire. An actualREAL-LIFE billionaire!

And you know how some people who get rich say stuff like, “I can’t believe it!” and “I never thought it would happen to me!”

Well … I CAN believe it. And I KNEW it would happen to me. Because I PLANNED IT.

I PLANNED to become the world’s RICHEST ten-year-old. And you know what? It WORKED.

This is voice-led fiction at its finest told in engaging diary format

The start of a hilarious new middle-grade series

Written by bestselling, award-winning author, Pamela Butchart