- Graphic Novels
- Ages 7–10
- Comedy
Donut Squad: Destiny of the Donuts
Book 3 of 3 in Donut SquadView the full series
A forthcoming third Donut Squad book with a time-travel-style future where donuts are banned. It looks set to continue the same fast, silly, gag-heavy comic energy for existing fans.
- Best for7–10
- FormatGraphic
- Length208 pp
- Read aloud~1 hr40 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Comedic
- Conversational
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
- Exciting
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
The Donut Squad are back from the future, and the future is a disaster: no donuts are allowed. Their mission is simple, at least by donut standards, stop this terrible timeline from happening. Anxiety Donut will need to keep his cool, Caramel Jack may or may not become less salty, and the mysterious Godonut question still hangs over the Squad. As a forthcoming third volume, Destiny of the Donuts appears to build on the series' established format of bright Phoenix comic chaos, absurd food-character conflict and joke-led storytelling, while adding a bigger future-saving premise. It should be treated as a continuation rather than a starting point, especially because the humour depends on knowing the donut personalities and their baked-good nemeses. For readers already hooked, it promises more high-energy, visually packed nonsense with just enough adventure structure to keep the pages moving.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–10
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Forthcoming title
- Joke dense comics
- Reluctant readers
- Silly food humour
- Phoenix comic fans
Avoid if
- Needs available now
- Wants full plot certainty
- Wants emotional depth
- Prefers realistic stories
- Dislikes absurd humour
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A fast, funny action-comic series — a reluctant-reader pleaser and classroom-library staple.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific kick is the donut-free future — the Squad back from the future to find donuts banned, Anxiety Donut needing to stay calm, Caramel Jack possibly less salty, the Godonut question still hanging. The third Donut Squad with a time-travel save-the-future shape.
- Adventure and freedom
- Having a nemesis
- Making a difference
- Time travel
- Trickery and cleverness
Why parents love it
The third Donut Squad — bright Phoenix comic chaos with a future-saving premise added, joke-led storytelling assuming readers know the donut personalities and bagel nemeses. Continuation rather than entry point. Strong shelf companion to Mega Robo Bros.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
In the series
Donut Squad.
3 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Neill Cameron.
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If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
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