<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 288 pp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0 - 00 - 737104 - 4 </Td> </Tr> <P> Billionaire Boy is a children's fiction book published on 28 October 2010 by HarperCollins and written by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross . The story follows Joe Spud who is the richest boy in the country and has everything he could ever want, except a friend . The book was adapted for BBC television, broadcast on 1 January 2016 . </P> <P> the story follows 12 - year - old billionaire Joe Spud who lives with his billionaire dad, Len Spud, creator of the most famous toilet tissue "Bum Fresh", in a very large stately home . The two of them have everything they could ever want, such as an orang - utan butler, a bowling alley, a cinema and servants . Joe is depressed, sad and unhappy when he doesn't have any friends and leaves a wealthy children's school to join a local comprehensive . There he meets another 12 - year - old, Bob, with whom he becomes friends . </P>

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