A starkly original and heartbreaking tale of friendship and rebellion

Winner of Costa Children's Book Award 2012.

Dazzling, chilling, breathtaking. MAGGOT MOON is, quite simply, a perfect book. Meg Rosoff, award-winning author of HOW I LIVE NOW The outstanding teenage novel of the autumn, arresting and original and written in a singular voice... -- Lorna Bradbury The Telegraph This heart-breaking, brilliantly written novel is the most original publication for years -- Amanda Craig The Times My final favourite of the year is Sally Gardner's MAGGOT MOON...the kind of book you don't grow out of. -- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times ...should be gift-wrapped for everyone you know over 10. -- Geraldine Brennan The Observer

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 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. Her most recent book, THE DOUBLE SHADOW, has been hailed as 'an astonishing departure for a writer who has found a new and very distinctive voice'. Follow Sally at www.sallygardner.net or on Twitter: @TheSallyGardner