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  • The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

  • By: Helen Rutter
  • Narrated by: Helen Rutter
  • Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (96 ratings)

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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

By: Helen Rutter
Narrated by: Helen Rutter
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Summary

A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story: the funniest debut of 2021.

Billy Plimpton is an 11-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.

©2021 Helen Rutter (P)2021 W F Howes
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Critic reviews

“Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.” (Jacqueline Wilson)

“Amazing.” (Noel Fielding)

“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)

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INSPIRING

I absolutely loved it! It was the best audiobook we have. It has a beautiful message and must inspire loads of people! The narrator was amazing and the writer. Well done Hellen Rutter! Amazing book! Listen NOW!

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Fun, Quirky and Great Read

Great narration, to a fun, and enjoyable book.

with quirky characters with lots of Great jokes. I liked seeing serious and emotional sides to this story as well as some funny moments. it added lots of layers and provided good depth, that kept me engrossed and entertained.

with good representation from a child's perspective that showed an innocent outlook.

I really enjoyed this book.

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AMAZING 🤩

OMG SUCH A MOVING AND HEARTFELT BOOK . It is a lovely, funny book that will make you laugh out loud and might even make you shed a tear It is a wonderful book that really describes real life An awesome book. DEFO BUY

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Realy made me sad

It made me sad because of his stamer it made cry at the end i realy rrcomend this book

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Everything I loved it !

I didn’t not like anything I loved it all !!!
But actually I would change the electrocuting bit I didn’t really like that but the rest was amazing!!

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enjoyable

I liked the relationships across all ages, the friendship bonds and the lesson to face your fears. Highly recommend this book.

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i hate William blakemore . . , , , . . . ... . ,M,m,m, , . ,

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Brilliant book!

The whole family enjoyed listening to this audible book during our family holiday. We loved getting into the car to hear more and Billy! A great book!

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B-B-B illy P-P limpton

I liked the bit where they found scraggles it was sad that granny bread died though

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