Maggot Moon
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner is an illustrated novel published by Candlewick Press on February 12, 2013. This 279-page book presents a story set in a ruthless regime where an unlikely teenager, Standish Treadwell, risks everything to uncover the truth behind a celebrated moon landing. With a unique narrative style, the book explores themes of friendship and social issues through Standish’s perspective as he navigates a world filled with secrets and oppression.
Readers will find a compelling journey as Standish, who struggles with reading and writing, perceives the world differently from those around him. Alongside his friend Hector, he ventures beyond the wall that separates them from the dark truths hidden by the Motherland. The narrative unfolds in one hundred short chapters, blending elements of dystopian fiction with historical context, creating a thought-provoking exploration of courage and resilience in the face of adversity.
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A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
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.
What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn’t want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell — who has different-colored eyes, whocan’t read, can’t write, Standish Treadwell isn’t bright — sees things differently than the rest of the “train-track thinkers.” So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And it’s big…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.
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