Maggot Moon Special Edition

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