Recently my dad and I did a book club together, and the story we chose was a really fun and entertaining read. It was called “Millionaires for the Month”, written by Stacy McAnulty. One reason I liked this book is that it was a fairly easy read. My dad and I started with only reading five chapter each week, but we were finishing them a couple of days after our book talk. Eventually we just read around twenty chapters each week, and it worked out pretty great. So, if you’re not the fastest reader, than this story might be the one for you. So now, without further adieu, let me tell you what “Millionaires for the Month” is all about.

Two kids, called Felix and Benji, are complete opposites. Felix is a rule follower, while Benji is more of a rule ‘bender’. They generally don’t think much of each other, but then they get paired together for a class field trip. Felix finds a wallet, and it appears to be Laura Friendly’s, a major billionaire. After uses $20 to buy hot dogs(Oh dear…), the two kids turn it in. Laura Friendly tells them that she could give them $20,000 dollar college scholarship as a reward… or Felix and Benji could accept her challenge: Spend $5,368,709.12 in thirty days. If they win, each of them gets $10 million to spend however they’d like. Naturally, Felix and Benji agree, But there are a bunch of rules, one of which says that they aren’t allowed to tell anyone about the challenge. Sounds fun, right? Of course it is… until things start to get complicated. Felix’s mom and older sister and Benji’s parents are getting upset that the boys are using up all of their money on things like donuts and pizza for the whole school, or hiring someone to drive them everywhere. And then there’s that little matter of basketball tryouts… Through it all, will Felix and Benji win the challenge?

If you want to find out, or if the story sounds interesting, I suggest that you buy the book. Another reason that I love “Millionaires for the Month” is that I likes how at the back of the book, there’s a bunch of math facts and fun things like that to get you thinking. My dad and I both enjoyed reading the story, and if you try it out, I hope you do too! Bye for now, everybody!