Maggot Moon Special Edition

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A beautiful limited edition of Sally Gardner's Costa Prize winning novel A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion Winner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. 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 award-winning author Sally Gardner. When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken away, Standish Treadwell realises that it is up to him, his grandfather and a small band of rebels to confront and defeat the ever-present oppressive forces of the Motherland. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON's powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish.

Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist who has sold over two million books in the UK and whose work has been translated into more than twenty-two languages. Her novel MAGGOT MOON (Hot Key Books 2012) won both the Costa Children's Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal 2013. Sally's genre-defying novel THE DOUBLE SHADOW (Orion 2011) received great critical acclaim and was also longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2013. THE RED NECKLACE (shortlisted for 2007 Guardian Book Prize) and THE SILVER BLADE are set during the French Revolution, the film rights for which have been purchased by Dominic West. Sally also won the 2005 Nestle Children's Book Prize for her debut novel I, CORIANDER. She is currently writing the popular WINGS & CO Fairy Detective Agency Series (Orion) for 7-11 year olds - hailed as 'Agatha Christie for kids' - and has recently finished her next Young Adult fiction novel, which is a modern gothic tale called 'Tinder', illustrated by David Roberts, due for publication November 2013 (Orion). Follow Sally at www.sallygardner.net or on Twitter: @TheSallyGardner

Dazzling, chilling, breathtaking. A perfect book. Meg Rosoff, award-winning author of HOW I LIVE NOW This heart-breakingly, brilliantly written novel is the most original publication for years -- Amanda Craig The Times Startlingly original, sophisticated and moving, MAGGOT MOON is out of this world. The Sunday Times The outstanding teenage novel of the autumn, arresting and original and written in a singular voice... -- Lorna Bradbury The Telegraph ...an inspirational piece of writing, for children of 11 and above, about moral courage. It manages to make readers laugh even as their hearts are being broken. New Statesman ... should be gift-wrapped for everyone you know over 10 -- Geraldine Brennan The Observer Gardner's thought-provoking tale of unexpected love and the power of the individual against the many will intrigue and move anyone who's ever fought for what they believe in. -- Philip Womack The Literary Review [Standish's] use of language because of (not despite of) his dyslexia is idiosyncratic poetry, full of fizzing wordplay and deadpan humour. Gardner's novels have always been thought-provoking but she flexes her writing muscles here and Standish is an utterly unique creation, impossible not to love The Scotsman 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 -- Sally Morris Daily Mail It's the finely judged lack of detail in Maggot Moon that makes Sally Gardner's writing seem almost like transubstantiation as words turn into pictures. -- Dinah Hall The Sunday Telegraph ... beautiful, twisted and dark. A masterpiece. Big Issue ... Maggot Moon is an unusual, deeply moving and thought-provoking story, which has clear potential to become a modern classic' Booktrust