Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire

[[File:Placeholder|right|300px]" is the second book of the Mr Gum series. It opens by Polly meeting Alan Taylor and him inviting her to his party the next day. Then, Mr Gum goes into town and Martin Laundrette puts Jonathan Ripples's clothes in SUPER HOT SHRINK WASH. Mr Gum goes into Billy William the Third's Right Royal Meats, and Alan Taylor tries to invite them too, but is scared away. Mr Gum and Billy William the Third decide to steal Alan Taylor's money. Then, Polly and Friday O'Leary go up Boaster's Hill to Alan Taylor's mansion. He shows them around and takes them up in the Alancopter. Then the party starts, but Mr Gum and Billy Wililam the Third steal Alan Taylor's money tin. They run away and sing the Robber's Song. They call Monsieur Bellybutton and arrange for him to pick them up at Smuggler's Cove. Then cut to Polly and Friday O'Leary, who visit Alan Taylor to see if he's alright after the "shenanigans" the previous night, but Alan Taylor is angry with them for pretending to be his friends when he was rich. Polly gives him 50p but Alan Taylor doesn't thank her. Polly runs out crying. Then Polly and Friday O'Leary are in the Chapter 7 Cafe, trying to figure out who the robbers are, when they see a twenty pound note. They follow a trail of money to a cliff, and Friday O'Leary carries Polly across stinging nettles to get through. She goes on without him since he cannot walk. She hears Mr Gum and Billy William the Third below her and starts to climb down. Down below her Monsieur Bellybutton arrives and Polly has to clog her nose with daisies. When she gets to the bottom, she accuses them of the theft, but they trap her under a net and row away with Bellybutton. Then Alan Taylor rescues her by nibbling through the net, and Jake the Dog comes to swim them across the water to the robbers. He had followed Alan Taylor to Smuggler's Cove. They swim up to the robbers and leap onto the boat, tie up the robbers and catapult Monsieur Bellybutton away using a catapult in a corner of the boat. They row back to land and, with Friday O'Leary, make their way back up the cliff with the robbers, tied up. Alan Taylor tosses all his money away since it has brought him only misery. Then the Spirit of the Rainbow gives Friday O'Leary dock leaves for his wounds and runs away, leaving them only fruit chews. They walk back to Lamonic Bibber, but the robbers escape by cutting the ropes with their fingernails. Polly, Friday O'Leary, Alan Taylor and Jake the Dog have the Festival of Leaves with all the rest of the townsfolk, and Alan Taylor is named the King of Autumn.