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Maggot moon s 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and bullied by classmates. Maggot moon by sally gardner sally gardners carnegie and costa awardwinning novel about a 15yearold dyslexic boy living in a violent, dystopian 1950s england. Maggot moon by sally gardner extract internet archive. Maggot moon discussion guide discussion guide, dystopian. An unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to maggot moon. I have not read a book from cover to cover, since siobhan dowds excellent london eye mystery.
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March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes. Reflecting on the book a few days after finishing it, i find myself slipping back into that pensive mood, and i think thats the best gift an author can give. The outstanding teenage novel of the autumn, arresting and original and written in a singular voice, is sally gardners maggot moon, the first book from the. Editions of maggot moon by sally gardner goodreads. Standish shares some of the nature of todd, the hero of the knife of never letting go by patrick ness, another book that will be read and spoken of for a long time to come.
Maggot moon paperback the elliott bay book company. Anyone who even dares to disagree with the motherland disappears or is relocated, first to a lower zone and finally to whoknowswhere. Maggot moon by sally gardner sally gardners carnegie and costa awardwinning novel about a 15yearold dyslexic boy living in a. Standish is different and his grandfather has secrets hidden in the basement secrets the motherland will kill to protect.
Buy this book just when it seems that theres nothing new under the dystopian sun, gardner the red necklace produces an original and. The henna artist opens a door into a world that is at. However, maggot moon is so gripping that i found myself burning the midnight oil. Schools earn scholastic rewards when parents or staff order from us. The story is told by the teenage standish who, like gardner. The protagonist and narrator of the text is a young british schoolboy named standish treadwell, and critics.