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{{Infobox book 
| name          = Millions
| image         = MillionsBookCover.jpg
| caption       = Front cover of first edition
| author        = [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]]
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = 
| country       = United Kingdom <br>United States
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         = [[Children's novel]], comedy and screenwriting
| publisher     = {{plainlist|
* [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] (UK) 
* [[HarperCollins]] (US)
}}
| pub_date      = 6 February 2004
| media_type    = Print (hardback and paperback)
| pages         = 250 pp (first edition, UK) <!-- WorldCat -->
| isbn          = 978-1-4050-4736-4
|isbn_note= <br>ISBN 978-0-06-073330-8 (US)
| oclc          = 440864983
<!-- three preceding fields from a WorldCat library record for the first UK edition; for the first US see Ext links -->  
| congress      = PZ7.C82963 Mi 2004<ref name=LCC>
[http://lccn.loc.gov/2003027849 "Millions"] (first US edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. 30 July 2012.</ref>
| preceded_by   = 
| followed_by   = 
}}
'''''Millions''''' is a children's novel published early in 2004, the first book by British screenwriter [[Frank Cottrell Boyce]]. It is an adaptation of his screenplay for the film ''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]'', although it was released six months before the film (September). Set in England just before British adoption of the [[euro]] (a fictional event) the story features two boys who must decide what to do with a [[windfall gain|windfall]] in expiring currency.

Cottrell Boyce won the annual [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|British librarians]], recognising the year's best children's book published in the UK<ref name=medal2004/><ref name=prdir2004/> ''Millions'' was an integral part of the annual ''Liverpool Reads'' campaign in his home city.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolreads.com/millions/home.htm Liverpool Reads ... Millions homepage].  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705204850/http://www.liverpoolreads.com/millions/home.htm |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref>

== Plot ==

The novel is set in [[Widnes]], England, just as the [[euro]] is about to replace the [[pound sterling]]. Damian and Anthony Cunningham are brothers who have recently suffered the loss of their mother. Because of this tragedy, Damian becomes obsessed with saints and eventually hallucinates about them. When brothers Damian and Anthony unwittingly come into possession of the proceeds of a train robbery, they find themselves with millions of pounds to spend in the next 17 days. Damian believes the money comes from God and should be used for doing good, but Athony has different ideas. Meanwhile, the robbers are looking for their money... but will they eventually catch them?

==Awards and nominations==

Beside winning the Carnegie Medal from the British librarians,<ref name=medal2004/><ref name=prdir2004/> ''Millions'' made the shortlists for the [[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]] and the [[Branford Boase Award]].

==See also==
{{Portal bar |Children's literature}} <!-- delete "bar" when there are about two ordinary See also -->

==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name=medal2004>
[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=54 (Carnegie Winner 2004)]. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref>
<ref name=prdir2004>
[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/index.php?year=2005 "Press releases for the 2004 Awards, presented in 2005 "]. Press Desk. CILIP. 18 August 2012.</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{worldcat |oclc=54536978 }} —immediately, the first US edition
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011010450/http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2006/march/cottrellboyce0306.htm "In the Frame for Writing ''Millions''" – an interview with Frank Cottrell Boyce] 
* [http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/Detail.htm?pid=242744&/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=23625&query=ITC%20ESPRIT&SCOPE=Fonts ITC Esprit Book, the font used in ''Millions'' – Fonts.com] {{clarify |date=November 2012 |reason=why is this significant?}}

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[[Category:British children's novels]]
[[Category:Carnegie Medal in Literature winning works]]
[[Category:Widnes]]
[[Category:Novels set in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Novels by Frank Cottrell Boyce]]
[[Category:2004 British novels]]
[[Category:European Union in fiction]]