Description
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter.
A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story: the funniest debut of 2021 Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up: delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. A tough career for anyone, but surely impossible for Billy, who has a stammer.
How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak? The idea for this story came from Helen Rutter's son, who has a stammer: she wanted to write the book that he would love to read, starring a child like him.
'This book is a great way of showing children how to be confident and winners by having a sense of humour and making others laugh.' Baroness Floella Benjamin.
'It is funny, wise, kind and exciting.' Marcus Brigstocke
'So funny and joyful.' Rachel Parris
'Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.' Jacqueline Wilson.
'Amazing' Noel Fielding
Paperback 360 pages.
Approx: 13 x 19.8 cm.