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The Donut Diaries: Escape from Camp Fatso
The Donut Diaries: Escape from Camp Fatso
Oct 9, 2024 11:19 AM

Author:Dermot Milligan,David Tazzyman,Anthony McGowan

The Donut Diaries: Escape from Camp Fatso

From the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark comes The Donut Diaries.

Dermot Milligan loves donuts. His nickname at school is Donut. But he knows he needs to lose some weight, so now he's made a promise to stop eating them. And to make sure he keeps that promise, his mum is sending him to the dreaded Camp Fatso during the summer holidays.

When he arrives, Dermot realises the camp is even more horrible than he had imagined. Fed on a diet of gruel and carrots under the strict control of evil Boss Skinner and his paintball-gun-yielding guards, Dermot and his friends are desperate to escape. So together, they hatch a cunning plan . . .

Reviews

Like a donut, this book is somehow sweet and disgusting at the same time. Oh, and it's very funny too!

—— Andy Stanton, author of MR GUM

One of the classic children's stories of all time

—— Daily Mail

Clap your hands for the boy who refused to grow up and whom the world will never allow to grow old

—— Geraldine McCaughrean, Carnegie Medal Winner

So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!

—— National Association for the Teaching of English

So what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!

—— National Association for the Teaching of English

A fun and thought-provoking story of self-discovery, and the humour and gentleness with which Boyne delivers his message make it both unforgettable and delightful

—— Publishers Weekly
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