Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer

How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl.

Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends. And they don't have anything to talk about. Until . . .

They find a wallet. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji "borrows" twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right?

But a penny has value. A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,709.12! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. They have thirty days. They can't tell anyone. And there are LOTS of other rules. But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want.

Challenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. And spending it isn't always as easy and fun as they thought it would be. . . .

As smart as it is entertaining, Millionaires for the Month is a thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny.

Critic reviews

“The absorbing spending spree reads like a fun family film, gleefully stuffed with the very opulence it warns against.... Cinematic, over-the-top decadence, a tense race against time, and lessons on what’s truly valuable.” –Kirkus Reviews

“The realities of middle school are well wrought, with crushes and crushing embarrassment alike.... The final message about money rings true.” –Publishers Weekly

The bright colors

I loved this book it was a very easy read and really easy to use on my project would recommend

Great 👍

I loved it! I also love the author, Stacy McAnulty, I think she writes amazing books like the world ends in April and the miscalculations of lightning girl. ☄️🌎⚡️👧💵🗓️ your

The fact that they picked up a random wallet

These kids are literally stealing money. I love them. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍yes 10/10 great book . everyone should read it. It is great. 

The concept is intriguing, and if I were a kid, I would love it. It was a fun listen.

Enjoyed this story. It brought up alot of good situations to discuss. The story was fun and gives the reader a chance to dream.

So so so so so great

I really liked this book. I think Stacy do a wonderful job writing this book and Christopher did a great job narrating. I think Stacy should make a second book. Honestly I think all her books are amazing. This is a great book to show that money is not always the solution and it shows to be honest. I learned a great lesson from this book. I highly recommend this book it was so fun listening to it and I literally have listened to it at least 10 times and it is still great. I think anyone could enjoy this.