11 must-read middle grade books like Billionaire Boy by David Walliams

Cover of Billionaire Boy by David Walliams

Billionaire Boy

By: David Walliams

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr St…

"My name is Mr Bread." He began writing his name neatly on the board. "But you can call me Peter." Suddenly there was quiet, as thirty little brains whirred. "Pita Bread!" proclaimed a ginger-haired boy from the back."

-David Walliams, Billionaire Boy

"My name is Mr Bread." He began writing his name neatly on the board. "But you can call me Peter." Suddenly there was quiet, as thirty little brains whirred. "Pita Bread!" proclaimed a ginger-haired boy from the back."

-David Walliams, Billionaire Boy

If you liked the middle grade plot in Billionaire Boy by David Walliams , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. George's Marvellous Medicine

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
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2. The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (Tom Gates, #1)

By: Liz Pichon

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late dog attacks; spilt water; and, lightning. Tom's exercis… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

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4. Everything's Amazing [sort of] (Tom Gates, #3)

By: Liz Pichon

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Back to school, but it's not all bad. We're entering Rooster in a dog show, the School Disco and my… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • comedy
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5. The BFG: A Set of Plays

By: Roald Dahl , David Wood

4.33

Format: 481 pages, Paperback

Roald Dahl fans will rejoice at the opportunity to bring their favorite books and characters to lif… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction

6. Top of the Class (Nearly) (Tom Gates, #9)

By: Liz Pichon

4.13

Format: None pages,

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers - Red House Childr… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • fiction
  • comedy
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7. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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8. The Parent Agency

By: David Baddiel

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A boy travels to an alternate world where kids get to choose their own parents in this zany, intern… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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9. The Twits

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.97

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They ha… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • novels
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"Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"No one who is good can ever be ugly."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays."

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on their face"

-Roald Dahl, The Twits

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10. James and the Giant Peach: a Play

By: Roald Dahl , Richard R. George

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Roald Dahl fans will rejoice at the opportunity to bring their favorite books and characters to lif… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
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11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play

By: Roald Dahl , Richard R. George

3.83

Format: None pages,

Roald Dahl's much-loved story about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka's amazing… read more

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12. The Witches

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

This is not a fairy tale. This is about realwitches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real w… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

13. The 13-Storey Treehouse

By: Terry Denton , Andy Griffiths

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley… read more

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14. The Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.70

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!" Cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. "How dare she!"

-Roald Dahl, The Magic Finger

15. Birthday Boy

By: David Baddiel , Jim Field

4.23

Format: 528 pages,

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16. Billionaire Boy

By: David Walliams

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr St… read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • school
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • comedy
"My name is Mr Bread." He began writing his name neatly on the board. "But you can call me Peter." Suddenly there was quiet, as thirty little brains whirred. "Pita Bread!" proclaimed a ginger-haired b…"

-David Walliams, Billionaire Boy

17. Excellent Excuses [and Other Good Stuff] (Tom Gates, #2)

By: Liz Pichon

3.97

Format: 328 pages,

No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with heaps of time for the important things in life. Yeah!… read more

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18. Fantastic Mr Fox

By: David Wood

4.37

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for the stage. read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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19. The Twits: A Play

By: David Wood

4.26

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Originally J. Cape, 1980. read more

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20. Space Band

By: Tom Fletcher

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The out-of-this-world new adventure from number-one-bestselling author of The Danger Gang and The T… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. The World of David Walliams. Book of Stuff

By: Harper Collins

4.27

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A spectacularly funny feast of all things Walliams for super-fans, new fans and anyone who likes la… read more

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  • humor

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George's Marvellous Medicine

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

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Liz Pichon

4.20

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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.68

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3.95

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4.09

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Tony Ross , David Walliams

4.14

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Quentin Blake , David Walliams

4.17

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