Maggot moon by sally gardner is set in an alternative dystopian britain in the 1950s. And hes willing to do something that no one does anymore selfsacrifice. There are traintrack thinkers, then theres you, standish, a breeze in the park of imagination. Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch, paperback. Maggot moon by sally gardner overdrive rakuten overdrive. I had been a bit reticent about this before i started having seen it trailed all over the media as a dyslexic book, made maggot moon sound a little worthy, a little issue of the day. Maggot moons 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and. Why are the men in the leather jackets so desperate to find the moon man. Standish treadwells best friend and wants to leave the motherland with standish and his family. May 30, 20 standish isnt just a dreamer though, hes dyslexic.
Gramps is a messhis face is all smoky, his shirt torn and burnt. Maggot moons 15yearold dyslexic hero is written off by teachers and bullied by classmates. She has severe dyslexia, diagnosed at 12 and didnt. Maggot moon tells the story of a dyslexic schoolboy, standish treadwell. Meet the author, sally gardner who decided to make standish dyslexic because she has dyslexia. When his best friend, hector, is suddenly taken away, standish tread. It has a completely likeable hero, standish treadwell. It might be variously classified as historical fiction, mystery, or science fiction. Fifteenyearold standish lives in a ruined building with his grandfather in dismal. What are the advantages of being a traintrack thinker. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by maggot moons powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of standish. 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 everpresent oppressive forces of the motherland.
Both chilling and stunning, maggot moon is reminiscent of both 1984 and the handmaids tale. But standish treadwell who has differentcolored eyes, who cant read, cant write, standish treadwell isnt bright sees things differently than the rest of the traintrack thinkers. Jun 19, 20 image caption maggot moon is a novel set in a dystopian version of 1950s britain. Maggot moon by sally gardner extract internet archive. Standish and the moon man wait in silent dread until finally there is a noise in the garden. Then comes a book like sally gardners brilliant, shattering maggot moon and suddenly dystopia feels new again. March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes. 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. You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars. But who needs reading and writing when you can be as affectionate and intelligent as standish. 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.
Maggot moon based on the novel by sally gardner adapted for the stage by jemma kennedy directed by jesse jones. British writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place. Maggot moon by sally gardner, julian crouch waterstones. Maggot moon is a short but powerful little story that cant fail to move you. Sally gardner novel maggot moon wins carnegie medal bbc news. Without standish s intervention, do you think they could have succeeded. Maggot moon by sally gardner takes place in the motherland. Another guest post it took a while for anyone to take us up on the offer, but when it rains, it pours. She got different awards for this dystopian novel which is mostly addressed to teenagers. Why was the moon man silenced by government agents. Incredibly original maggot moon tells the story of standish treadwell, a dyslexic boy, who struggles to read and write, and therefore everybody has decided that he is stupid. The kids at school tease him, chanting, standish treadwell. The moon man steals back down into cellar street, and gramps appears at the kitchen door. What is the historical what if that puts the plot of maggot moon into motion.
Hes a fifteenyearold boy, but he cant read or write because hes dyslexic. The protagonist and narrator of the text is a young british schoolboy named standish treadwell, and critics. Standish treadwell is the protagonist and hero of maggot moon. Maggot moon won this years costa coffee childrens book award and is probably the one to beat when it comes to carnegie. Sally gardner on maggot moon and dyslexia bbc news. The character of standish treadwell, who is at the centre of the story, became. Exmotherland engineer and refused to work on a space launch to the moon. A dystopian city in the 1950s where people with impurities or disabilities were treated differently and sent to different areas. Maggot moon is a fascinating book, one i admired greatly, and here to talk about its printzly qualities is barbara moon.
Used by somebody of higher rank to degrade andor humiliate somebody of lower. Meet the author, sally gardner who decided to make standish. Cant read, cant write, standish treadwell isnt bright. Image caption maggot moon is a novel set in a dystopian version of 1950s britain. More importantly, if they find the moon man, what will happen to standish and his grandfather. A 2012 study estimated the population of maggots in north america alone to be in excess of 3. But maggot moon is far from being the heartwarming story of a boy who finds friendship and overcomes his difficulties. In gardners maggot moon, the dyslexic hero standish treadwell stands up to a brutal dictatorship. In an alternate 1950s, standish treadwell is growing up in. There are traintrack thinkers, says hector, then theres you, standish, a breeze in the park of imagination p. This is a grim and violent fable that pulls no punches and delivers emotional heft. He is a teenage dyslexic whose family lives in zone 7. Standish lives with his grandfather in zone 7, in a dystopian 1950s england where violence, torture. Barbara was a middle school librarian and the youth services coordinator for a public library system for her day jobs.
Teenage offspring of the herondales, carstairs, fairchilds, and other angeldescended nephilim continue their families demonfighting ways amid a round of elegant london balls, soirees, salons, picnics, and romantic. Sep 06, 2012 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. The maggot leaves the larval environment in search of a cooler and drier place in which to pupate. What other means does the motherland use to silence dissent. When the friends find out something about the motherlands plans for a moon landing their lives take on ever more threatening levels of change. 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. 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. Standish treadwell narrates in short, fastpaced chapters, illustrated by theatrical designerdirector crouch with flipbookstyle images of rats, flies, and maggots.
I pictured standish, hector and his friends to be ten or eleven, maybe twelve, but then we are told that they are in fact a class of fifteen year olds. A very engaging text, maggot moon would be ideal for crosscurricular links to history. Aug 08, 20 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. And soon standish finds he really does have to make a stand. Praise for maggot moon 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. When his best friend, hector, is suddenly taken away, standish. Bbc news reports that sally gardner, once labeled as unteachable at school due to dyslexia, has won the prestigious carnegie medal for her book maggot moon hot key books. Maggot moon is deliciously layered and the protagonist standish treadwell is as endearing as they come. When fully fed the maggot appears waxy and ivoryyellow in colour. Fifteenyearold standish lives in a ruined building with his grandfather in dismal zone seven.
Sometimes, it may seem like the maggots appear from nowhere, but its just that you didnt notice the fly or its eggs. All disappeared from zone seven, a postwar occupied territory, into the hellish clutches of the motherland. The novel is about a dyslexic boy called standish who lives together with his grandfather in. Maggot moon is the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally. Jan, 20 standish treadwell is the protagonist and hero of maggot moon. A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion winner of the carnegie medal and a 2012 costa award winner. The motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but standish treadwell wont be subdued. Though the author denied that a maggot is a historical novel, it does take place during a precise historical timeframe, may 1736 to february 1737, in england.
Jul 04, 2014 apparently, three days earlier, there was an incident that not only involved standish and hector, but they are the key to finding the moon man who crash landed in the motherland. We firstly discussed the historical whatif that gardner sets up for the reader with an alternate world history view. Feb 12, 20 standish treadwell, 15, has lost parents, neighbors, best friend. It reads really fast with its short chapters and compelling plot, which will be attractive to even the most reluctant readers. She won both the costa childrens book award and the carnegie medal for maggot moon hot key books, 2012.
Did you always intend to write a book with a hero who was dyslexic. Sally gardners maggot moon might be my favorite book of 2012, alongside. The voice of its narrator, standish treadwell, is absorbing and striking. It tells the story of a dyslexic boy, standish treadwell, living in an alternative 1950s britain who stands up to a brutal dictatorship. British writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place europe might have become had the nazis won world war ii, is. Her protagonist in maggot moon, standish treadwell, is also dyslexic, and his. In warm weather it may be fully developed in 3 days, reaching 1012 mm in length, but under less satisfactory conditions it may take 30 days to complete development. It is impossible not to be moved by maggot moons utterly original, powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of standish. The ruling party is never defined nor the motherland named, but every injustice in standish treadwells world will remind you of the horrors of the nazi regime. 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.
March discussion maggot moon by sally gardner tomes and. Standish lives there with his grandfather now that his parents have simply disappeared, gone to the maggot farm killed as far as standish is. They live together in zone 7 where the motherland can keep them, and others like them, under surveillance. 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 the stunning new novel from awardwinning author sally gardner. Standish shares some of the nature of todd, the hero of the knife of never letting go by patrick ness, another book that will be read and spoken of for a long time to come. Dec 22, 20 another guest post it took a while for anyone to take us up on the offer, but when it rains, it pours.
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. Maggot moon by sally gardner scheme of workpowerpoint. Standish seems to travel freely between reality and fantasy. Jan 15, 20 british writer sally gardners fifth novel, maggot moon, set in a tyrannical dictatorship called the motherland, the sort of place europe might have become had the nazis won world war ii, is. It engages with complex, fascinating ideas in an original manner, and the writing is full of beautiful images. Maggot moon by sally gardner scheme of workpowerpointresources. Sally gardner is the daughter of two lawyers, raised in birmingham. Sally gardner is a british childrens writer and illustrator. The motherland culls those who are different, unwanted, or independent. Standish is different and his grandfather has secrets hidden in the basement secrets the motherland will kill to protect. Maggot moon by sally gardner maggot moon is an extremely quick read. He is a teenage dyslexic whose family lives in zone 7, in a city that is never named but feels like london.