The Donut Diaries Series

Dermot Milligan's got problems. He's overweight and hooked on donuts. He has a pushy, over-achieving mother, and a father who spends all his time hiding in the lavatory. His sisters, Ruby and Ella (or Rubella, as he thinks of them) attack him relentlessly from the opposite directions of Chav and Goth. His mother has booked him in to see a nutritionist who looks like a Dementor from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The diary is the nutritionist's idea. Not only does Dermot have to write down how many donuts he eats, but also, and this is the really rubbish part, his feelings! But things are about to get even worse. Alone among his friends he is being sent not to the local comp, but to St Michael's, a posh school where he will stick out like a sore thumb. A sore thumb with a weight problem.

Revenge is Sweet

by Anthony McGowan and Dermot Milligan

Published 5 January 2012

From the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark comes The Donut Diaries.
Dermot Milligan's got problems. He's overweight, and hooked on donuts. His mother has booked him in to see Dr Morlock, a nutritionist who looks like a Dementor. The diary is Dr Morlock's idea. Not only does Dermot have to write down how many donuts he eats, but also - and this is the really rubbish part - HIS FEELINGS!

This is Dermot's second hilarious adventure, featuring his battles against the bullies, and hardest of all, his beloved donuts. After one term at St Michaels, Dermot thinks things can't sink any lower. All his classmates call him Donut, his insane PE teacher Mr Fricker despises him, the evil Floppy-Haired kid is out to get him... and now someone seems to be, er, going to the toilet in inappropriate places around the school. The Head calls in the services of internationally famous poo expert Dr Morlock to help track down the culprit - and somehow the finger of suspicion is pointed at Dermot. Can he turn detective and find out who's behind the poo - before his reputation is ruined forever?

Escape from Camp Fatso

by Dermot Milligan and Anthony McGowan

Published 5 July 2012

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 . . .