Maggot Moon - signed true first edition. This item is unavailable.
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Language: English
Published by Hot Key Books, 2012
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Signed by the author on the title page. First edition, first impression hardback with dustjacket that isnt price-clipped. NOT the signed special edition which was published a year later, this is a true first edition of the Carnegie Medal winning novel. Has been read, slight reading lean and edge-wear to jacket. No inscriptions, not ex-library Language: eng.
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- Title
- Maggot Moon - signed true first edition
- Author
- Gardner, Sally
- Publisher
- Hot Key Books
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1471400042
- ISBN 13
- 9781471400049
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Fiction
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.
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About the Author
Sally Gardner is a multi-award-winning novelist whose work has been translated into more than twenty-two languages. Her novel MAGGOT MOON (Hot Key Books) won both the Costa Children's Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal 2013. Sally's genre-defying novel THE DOUBLE SHADOW (Orion) 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 released her latest Young Adult fiction novel, which is a modern gothic tale called TINDER, illustrated by David Roberts (Orion). Follow Sally at www.sallygardner.net or on Twitter: @TheSallyGardner
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