Maggot Moon (Multi-touch Edition)
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4.1 • 15 Ratings
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
This interactive edition contains: 21 videos, 11 audio clips, 21 images
plus dyslexia examples, quizzes, writing prompts, etc.
• All for the same price as the regular ebook
• Suitable for readers from age 12 to 112
• Dyslexic-friendly font and background, as well as animation of
dyslexic reading experience
• A once in a lifetime book - you won't forget this
• Both THE SATURDAY TIMES and THE SUNDAY TIMES Book of the Week
• A unique voice perfect for fans of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG
IN THE NIGHT-TIME
This interactive edition brings the story to life on a whole new level,
showing what inspires Sally, the benefits of dyslexia and how Standish's
horrific world is not so different from our own.
"The outstanding teenage novel of the autumn, arresting and written in
a singular voice" The Telegraph
"Startlingly original, horribly gripping and inspirational [story]
which deserves many prizes." The Times
"This novel is a celebration of the refusal of the human spirit to be
crushed and in Standish, Gardner has created a hero to be cherished."
Daily Mail
"Dazzling, chilling, breathtaking. MAGGOT MOON is, quite simply, a
perfect book." - Meg Rosoff, award-winning author of HOW I LIVE NOW
"An unusual, deeply moving and thought-provoking story, which has
clear potential to become a modern classic" Booktrust
"A fast-paced, tough and heartbreaking story. I loved it." We
Love This Book Magazine
ABOUT SALLY
At a young age, Sally Gardner was branded 'unteachable' and was sent to
various schools, until she was eventually diagnosed at the age of twelve
as being severely dyslexic. Sally is now an award-winning novellist and
avid spokesperson for dyslexia; she sees it as a gift, not a disability,
and is passionately trying to change how
dyslexics are perceived by
society.
Her first full-length novel, I, CORIANDER, won the Nestle Children's Book
Prize Gold Award in 2005. THE RED NECKLACE was shortlisted for the
Guardian Book Prize in 2007.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this magnificent young adult novel, Standish Treadwell lives in the Motherland, an absolute and uncompromising country that will stop at nothing to be the first to land on the moon. The regime does not approve of young Standish; he is impure, he is dyslexic, and he challenges them. Having lost his friend Hector, Standish joins a few fellow misfits and his grandfather to stand up against the government’s oppression. Award-winning author Sally Gardner writes powerfully and evocatively about how Standish perseveres against innumerable hardships in a dystopian world where little is free and much is harder than it ought to be. This enhanced edition of Maggot Moon includes video interviews with the author, animated pages and more.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Just when it seems that there's nothing new under the dystopian sun, Gardner (The Red Necklace) produces an original and unforgettable novel about a boy in a totalitarian society who risks everything in the name of friendship. Standish Treadwell narrates in short, fast-paced chapters, illustrated by theatrical designer/director Crouch with flipbook-style images of rats, flies, and maggots: creatures that represent the oppressive forces at work in the Motherland, a brutish government intent on being first to the moon, at whatever cost to its citizens. Fifteen-year-old Standish is dyslexic (as is the author), making him a target of bullies, which is the least of his problems. He lives with his resourceful grandfather in Zone Seven, but the Motherland has taken away his parents, as well as his best friend, Hector. The loss of his parents has created a hole Standish cannot fill; the disappearance of Hector leaves Standish unprotected at school and bereft of a friend who saw past Standish's disability to recognize his intelligence. "I believe the best thing we have is our imagination," Standish recalls Hector telling him, "and you have that in bucketloads." Though Standish's grandfather keeps the boy purposefully in the dark about many things, Standish figures out one of the government's big secrets on his own, and he concocts a brave and personally risky plan to reveal it. Parts of the story are very hard to read early on, a classmate is beaten to death by a teacher in the schoolyard but the violence asks readers to consider what the world would be like if certain events in history had turned out differently. 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. Ages 12 up.
