Diary of a Future Billionaire Award-winning author Get 20% OFF across the Scholastic Shop by Pamela Butchart (author)

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 (w/c 10th February)

“It’s entertaining, relatable, and there are doodles and illustrations every few paragraphs to encourage reluctant readers” – THE TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK (w/c 17th February)

“Entertaining, relatable and enlivened by doodles and illustrations every few paragraphs to encourage reluctant readers… [and] may even encourage the resourcefulness of a few budding entrepreneurs.” – The Times

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 actual REAL-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