Goodreads members who liked maggot moon also liked. Maggot moon summer reading 2017 libguides at central. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, maggot moon is a starkly and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion from awardwinning author, sally gardner. Winner of the carnegie medal and a 2012 costa award winner. There is something about the phrasing, about the concept and about the main character which chime so perfectly together that they cannot fail to move you, to open a window in your world and show you another, deeper truth.
The story is told by the teenage standish who, like gardner. March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner maggot moon by sally gardner proved to be a very thoughtprovoking novel and one that easily falls into that crossover genre bridging both ya and adult fiction. Then there are the mildly disturbing illustrations by julian crouch, a flipbook fly and rat along with rat poison, decomposition, and maggots loitering in the margins of the text. It is a deeply moving message, and one that reaches out across its many levels, the telegraph gardners thoughtprovoking tale of unexpected love and the power of the individual against the many will intrigue and move anyone whos ever fought for what they believe in, literary. Maggot moon by sally gardner takes place in the motherland. Maggot moon is an unusual, deeply moving and thoughtprovoking story, which has clear potential to become a modern classic booktrusts september book we like. Totally believable, their story will both shock and captivate readers as it explores the animal instincts that lie beneath our civilized veneer and celebrates the ways of the tiger. Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch, paperback.
Maggot moon 2012 won the carnegie medal from the british librarians, which annually recognises the best new book for children or young adults published in the uk. Hitler was the catalyst of many troubles all over the world. Built with ibooks author and featuring dyslexia animations, exclusive video of the author and primary source material like winston churchill. This enhanced multitouch ibook contains a variety of. Above all of those reasons, though, i think that the best thing about ebooks is the invention of interactive books, like the maggot moon and a. Buy maggot moon by sally gardner, in like new condition. Maggot moon, a literary david someday my printz will come. Maggot moon paperback the elliott bay book company. Just one example video from maggot moon multitouch ibook by. This innovative resource provides a highly interactive way of exploring both. Barbara was a middle school librarian and the youth services coordinator for a public library system for her day jobs. The protagonist and narrator of the text is a young british schoolboy named standish treadwell, and critics. But she did very well in art college and then in drama college, and worked as a theatre set designer before turning to illustration and writing.
Who wanted to go there when the motherland was about to put her red and black flag in its unsoiled silver surface. Standishs best friend, hector, and his parents, originally from the motherland, lived in the same building as standish and gramps, and the two families shared resources and ideasboth dangerous things. Maggot moon by sally gardner is set in an alternative dystopian britain in the 1950s. What would history look like if one of these men had not survived their accident. First, there are the short, staccato chapters, each only a page or two. Maggot moon is one of those rare and wonderful books that actually does change the way you enjoy reading. Todays young people have to make sense of grim facts about torture and totalitarianism in the news, so it makes sense to give them books in which to work through these moral dilemmas. Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch waterstones. The chapters are wonderfully short and compact thus likely to appeal to those with short attention spans. When his best friend hector is suddenly taken away, dyslexic hero standish treadwell realises that it is up to him, his. Two girls survive a terrible flood in the tasmanian bush and are rescued by a pair of tasmanian tigers who raise them in the wild. The mix of video, audio, text and images in the maggot moon multitouch means that the story literally leaps of the page, or in this case out of the. Author sally gardner said, maggot moon is the book i always wanted to write and hot key books is the perfect home for it.
Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. It is a challenging read with really important themes but it is also a wonderful novel of friendship and trust and love as explored through the relationship between standish and hector, two boys living in a fraught political environment. Journal of law and education 19722015 books by language journal of economic education 19692015 journal of autism and developmental disorders 19712014 additional collections journal of evolutionary biochemistry and physiology 19691976 journal of. Then comes a book like sally gardners brilliant, shattering maggot moon and suddenly dystopia feels new again. Maggot moon deals with the power of the weak against the strong. A dark and often deeply chilling read, this is also a story full of hope, which speaks compellingly about the value of friendship, trust, courage and freedom. When his best friend hector is suddenly taken away, dyslexic hero standish treadwell realises that it is up to. In my week interning at hot key books, i wasnt prepared to be so excited by their use of interactive digital editions to enhance their physical list, and to redefine what we think of as a book. The motherland believe landing on the moon will secure their supremacy in the eyes of their. A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion winner of the carnegie medal and a 2012 costa award winner. In maggot moon she has created a brilliant, nervewracking and utterly gripping fable that will hold readers spellbound. Maggot moon timeline timeline created by lachaunas. Maggot moon is the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally gardner. Schools earn scholastic rewards when parents or staff order from us.
The fact that standish like sally is able to see the world differently is a positive. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Maggot moon is an extraordinarily beautiful, original and heartrending story that breaks all the conventions of childrens fiction. However, maggot moon is so gripping that i found myself burning the midnight oil. Maggot moon by sally gardner 9781471400056paperback.
If you work at a school you can use rewards to buy books and resources for your classroom or library. Maggot moon isnt just a character study, its also a cracking thriller using a what if scenario of a britain gone awry in the mid50s. Altogether, maggot moon is an unusual, deeply moving and thoughtprovoking story, which has clear potential to become a modern classic. Sally gardner novel maggot moon wins carnegie medal bbc. Find books like maggot moon from the worlds largest community of readers. But what if just like the first words of the story, it will fill your brain with what ifs. It must be assumed this is a world before 1969 or one in which america never made it. Maggott is an unusual mutant, with the power to digest anything through the use of two slugs that inhabit his body, as well as the power to gain strength from that energy.
He started camps or as they say in the book maggot farms to send these people to. Roll of thunder vocabularycontext sentences ch 612. Still, maggot moon wont be right for every kid, even those who fall into the suggested range of age 12 and up. Sally gardner is the daughter of two lawyers, raised in birmingham. I am not alone in my praise for this stunning little novel as maggot moon just won the most prestigious childrens book award given in. The graphic illustrations depicting a rat gradually decomposing after being poisoned with the eventual rebirth of yet another fly emerging from a maggot. Maggot moon is the best ya novel ive read so far this summer and will receive a definite yes vote from me as a 2014 mock printz addition. Both his eyes are different colors and he is not able to readthe teachers in the government provided schools are. The trigger for maggot moon was inspired by the battle of britain. Its like nothing ive read before, but thats the thrill of it.
Maggot moon s 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and bullied by classmates. We firstly discussed the historical whatif that gardner sets up for the reader with an alternate world history view. In sally gardners stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. To try to read a book when all the words wont stay still.
Maggot moon, by sally gardner 20 living in a totalitarian state in an alternate version of the 1950s, 15yearold standish treadwell and his best friend make a startling discovery. Find out more at buy the interactive multitouch ibook with bonus content and features on. Standish treadwell is the protagonist and hero of maggot moon. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, maggot moon is the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally gardner.
March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes and. Maggot moon is a fascinating book, one i admired greatly, and here to talk about its printzly qualities is barbara moon. There is no doubt we fought bravely, but if goring had decided on the 29th december 1940 to send the last of his fighter pilots over, london i believe would have become an inferno, such as dresden was to do at the end of the war. A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion. Maggot moon is an eerie book that takes place in an alternate historical place pretty much similar to the nazi days but the main concern here isnt hitler but the journey to the moon.
Maggot moon by sally gardner 9781471400445paperback. Emily bearn offers a selection of the best childrens books and young adult fiction of the year. The moon of the title is the motherlands mission to conquer the moon. Like others who havent been arrested or disappeared, he attends a strict, regimented school. At first this seems like a simple dystopian novel, but on closer reading it is so much more. Buy maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch isbn. Maggot moons 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and bullied by classmates. The multitouch ebook edition of the costa prizewinning maggot moon by sally gardner available exclusively in the ibookstore. Standish treadwell and his gramps live in zone seven where they are outcasts and are from the lower hierarchy chart, theyre the unwanted group.
To ask other readers questions about maggot moon, please sign up. In 2019 sally became an ambassador for audiobook charity listening books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She has severe dyslexia, diagnosed at 12 and didnt learn to read until she was 14. Although many of the elements of this world come from nazi germany and stalins russia, its sally gardners great achievement that, like orwells 1984, this feels like a believably british. There are certain books that you know, right from the first pages, are destined to be classics. Sally gardner, a dyslexic author once branded unteachable at school, wins the prestigious carnegie medal for her book maggot moon. A dystopian city in the 1950s where people with impurities or disabilities were treated differently and sent to different areas. Maggot moon was a recent book of the month on our bookmark site.
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