The Jam Doughnut That Ruined My Life

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Mark Lowery

Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8+

Published by Piccadilly, 2015

Adventure
Funny
Love and romance

About this book

Roman loves jam doughnuts. He doesn't think they're as dangerous as sharks…or trousers! But he learns that they can cause a lot of trouble, nonetheless.

Roman's possession of a secret doughnut on a school trip attracts the prettiest and cleverest girl in the class. It also draws Darren Gamble, the class lunatic, who hits Roman with a poisonous jelly fish.

While his girlfriend's doughnut demands get out of hand, Roman's relationship with Darren leads to shaving and then losing his teacher's guinea pig, taking part in a sweet shop heist and causing a riot at an old people's tea party.

Warm-hearted and hilarious and there is already a sequel on its way.

About the author

Mark Lowery grew up in Preston. He is now a teacher in Cambridge, where he lives with his girlfriend, their daughter and their baby son. His debut, Socks are Not Enough, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Pants are Everything is the sequel.

In 2005-06, he studied for a Master’s Degree in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. It was during this course that he first came up with the idea for Socks Are Not Enough, which is his first novel.