Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read. Jacqueline Wilson
Amazing Noel Fielding
A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story: the funniest debut of 2021
WINNER OF THE LOLLIES AWARD 2023
SELECTED FOR THE 2022 READ FOR EMPATHY COLLECTION
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.
Don t miss the second book in Billy s adventures: The Funniest Boy in the World
More praise for The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 COSTA CHILDREN S BOOK AWARD
This incredibly debut tugs at your heartstrings and makes you laugh out loud in equal measure. I guarantee you ll be cheering along in the final pages! Lisa Thompson, author of Goldfish Boy
It s Wonder with one-liners. Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher
As warm and wise as it is funny. Shappi Khorsandi
A laugh out loud story, the like of which I ve never read before. Kerry Godliman
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
This book is brilliant. It is funny, wise, kind and exciting. Marcus Brigstocke
So funny and joyful. Rachel Parris
About the Author
Helen lives in the countryside just outside Sheffield with her comedian husband, two children and two dogs, Ronnie and Billy Whizz. When she is not tapping away in her writing room, she loves walking the dogs, playing board games and reading. Before writing her first novel, The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, Helen wrote and performed her work on the stage and has even braved some stand-up comedy.
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