The Accidental Billionaire by Tom McLaughlin

During the Autumn term of 2017, Year 6 children from 7 primary schools in Shropshire were tasked with reading a long-list of 55 books that were submitted by leading publishers, as part of Shrewsbury Bookfest’s Big Book Award 2018 project.

This book, suitable for children aged between 9 and 11, was enthusiastically put forward by pupils from Castlefields Primary School, Bridgnorth, Shropshire as a hot contender for the shortlist.  It was highly recommended by the children and so we thought we’d share this valuable information with you:

About the Book:

Jasper Spam is mad about science, the problem is that all of his experiments tend to end in a BANG, until one day quite accidentally Jasper manages to invent something that will change the world forever …One crazy experiment  results in Jasper’s cat Rover, becoming the world’s first talking cat – the Cat Chat 2000! Soon people are handing over all of their cash to get a talking cat. But is there a huge price to pay for bringing talking cats to the world, and money won’t be able to solve the problem that the Cat Chat 2000 has caused.

The pupils from Castlefields Primary School, Bridnorth, Shropshire commented:

• The themes made me feel like my stomach was about to explode because it was hilarious.
• A nice easy read because there are a few pictures in this book.