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Maggot Moon Paperback - 2014

by Sally Gardner; Julian Crouch (Illustrator)

In this stunning novelNa 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor BookNa teenager living in a ruthless regime risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing.


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"An eerie, commanding drama." -- Booklist (starred review) In Sally Gardner's stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. One hundred very short chapters, told in an utterly original first-person voice, propel readers through a narrative that is by turns gripping and darkly humorous, bleak and chilling, tender and transporting. Paperback edition includes bonus Questions to Consider.

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  • Title Maggot Moon
  • Author Sally Gardner; Julian Crouch (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA)
  • Date 2014-09-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780763671693 / 076367169X
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Character Trait: Courage
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Moon, Friendship
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

This novel will just blow you away...Such a beautiful read...this certainly has the potential to become a modern classic.
—The Bookseller (U.K.)

Startlingly original, sophisticated and moving, MAGGOT MOON is out of this world.
—The Sunday Times (U.K)

Dazzling, chilling, breathtaking. A perfect book.
—Meg Rosoff

Gardner does a masterful job of portraying Standish’s dyslexia through the linguistic swerves of his narration, and although the ending is pure heartbreak, she leaves readers with a hopeful message about the power of one boy to stand up to evil
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This is alt-history second; first, it is an eerie, commanding drama.
—Booklist (starred review)

Standish’s tale has the terse, energetic tension of poetry; his phrases and sentences roll out with irony, tenderness, horror, or love, but always vividly...Most appealing of all, however, is Standish Treadwell himself: tender, incisive, brave, and determined, he takes a stand and treads well.
—The Horn Book (starred review)

Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas.
—LoveReading4Kids.co.uk

About the author

Sally Gardner is an award-winning author whose novels have sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.K. and have been translated into twenty-two languages. She is dyslexic and is an avid spokesperson for dyslexia. "I strongly believe that dyslexia is like a Rubik's Cube," she says. "It takes time to work out how to deal with it, but once you do, it can be the most wonderful gift." Sally Gardner lives in London. Julian Crouch is a director and designer whose career has spanned theater, opera, film, and television. He is currently designing Big Fish for Broadway and Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet. Julian Crouch lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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