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""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, who can'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."--Jacket."@en
""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, who can'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."--Dust jacket."
"Roman de science-fiction. Uchronie. Standish vit avec son grand-père dans la "zone 7", celle des impurs, privés de tout, surveillés en permanence... Dyslexique, il subit à l'école brimades et humiliations jusqu'au jour où il se lie d'amitié avec son nouveau voisin, Hector. Ensemble, ils rêvent de s'évader sur Juniper, la planète qu'ils ont inventée. Mais Hector et ses parents disparaissent sans laisser de trace... Ont-ils été supprimés ? Le récit coup de poing d'un jeune garçon atypique face au totalitarisme. (4ème de couverture)."
"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."
"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, who can?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."
"In een fictief Engeland dat wordt onderdrukt door het totalitaire Motherland, woont de zachtaardige Standish (15) in Zone 7. Als zijn vriend ontdekt wat er achter de muur rond Zone 7 is, verdwijnt hij. Vanaf ca. 14 jaar."
"Standish Treadwell, bister dislektik, je junak romana Črviva luna (Maggot moon, 2012) in je žrtev vsakršnega nasilja sredi že tako brutalnega, ustrahovalnega režima, pred katerim beži v domišljijo pa tudi v upor. Standishev glas je glas vseh bistrih, ustvarjalnih ljudi, je glas upora proti nasilnemu svetu, v katerem vladata strah in enoumje, je klic k svobodi in pravičnosti."@sl
"A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion A COSTA 2012 BOOK AWARD WINNER A boy, a friendship, a lie and some hard choices. The Motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but Standish Treadwell won't be subdued. Utterly original and stunning, it is impossible not to be moved by MAGGOT MOON's powerful story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish. ABOUT THE AUTHORAt a young age, Sally Gardner was branded 'unteachable' and was sent to various schools, until she was eventually diagnosed at the age of tw."@en
"Following a stray football to the other side of a wall where there is a secret, Standish Treadwell discovers astonishing truths about a moon landing that the overseeing Motherland, a ruthless regime, is determined to hide."@en
"Friendship and trust inspire Standish to rise up againt an oppressive regime and expose the truth about a planned moon landing."@en
"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."
"A 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, who can't read, can't write, 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.--From publisher description."@en