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Chargement... Maggot Moon (Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Title(s)) (original 2012; édition 2013)par Sally Gardner (Auteur), Julian Crouch (Illustrateur)
Information sur l'oeuvreUne Planete Dans la Tete par Sally Gardner (2012)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I’m pretty sure I skimmed read half of this book ( ) What a dreary -what if Hitler won- story of a dyslexic youth whose parents and only friend have been disappeared and whose only comforts are his grandfather and his imaginings. Tales of the horrors of repression really only interest me 1) the the oppression was real and not speculative or 2) are written by Ursula Le Guin or an author of similar quality, if any.This is the second book in a row I've read with an odd eyed main character, one brown one blue. Weird. This was an ultra fast read. It's a rather odd book. I found myself confused in the beginning because it jumps around so much with few connections pulling it together. It does finally pull itself together and become more storylike about 1/3 of the way in. Once you begin to understand it you realize that it is actually a melding of the holocaust with the moon landing conspiracy theory retold in a completely unconventional way. There is so much going on in this book in terms of portraying different aspects of human character and relationships, but most of it parallels the holocaust. On one hand you have the Nazis who are portrayed by the murderous teacher and the "pure" families. On the other hand you have the Jews and sympathizers represented by Standish, his Gramps, and his friend Hector. I enjoyed being challenged in my thinking as I read the book and I think the different interpretations would make this a great book club choice. However I'm not sure this book would be well received by the typical teenager. One other note. The dyslexia aspect of this book is strongly emphasized in the book blurb however I felt that this point actually had minimal mention in the story. I would not read the book if I were hoping to learn anything about dyslexia. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Science Fiction.
Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
HTML: 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 Treadwellâ??who has different-colored eyes, who can't read, can't write, Standish Treadwell isn't brightâ??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 Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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