Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize, Diary of a Young Naturalist vividly explores the natural world from the perspective of an autistic teenager juggling homework, exams and friendships alongside his life as a conservationist and environmental activist.

Diagnosed with Asperger's as a child, it was nature writing in his diary that helped Dara survive in an often-confusing world. The diary charts Dara's intense connection with nature and his everyday life of juggling exams, friendships and campaigning. 'Dara is an extraordinary voice and vision: brave, poetic, ethical, lyrical, strong enough to have made him heard and admired from a young age' Robert Macfarlane