"Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award
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"Maggot Moon" is a critically acclaimed dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, recognized for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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| "Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: "Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award Context triple: [Sally Gardner, notableAwardForWork, "Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award]
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Costa Book Award for Best Novel (shortlisted)
The Costa Book Award for Best Novel (shortlisted) is a prestigious British literary recognition given annually to outstanding novels that make the final shortlist for the Costa Book Awards’ main fiction category.
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Costa First Novel Award
The Costa First Novel Award is a British literary prize recognizing outstanding debut novels by authors writing in English.
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Booktrust Teenage Prize
The Booktrust Teenage Prize was a UK literary award that annually recognized outstanding fiction written for teenage readers.
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The Guardian First Book Award
The Guardian First Book Award was a British literary prize established by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding debut works of fiction or non-fiction.
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize is a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of children's fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: "Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award Target entity description: "Maggot Moon" is a critically acclaimed dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, recognized for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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A.
Costa Book Award for Best Novel (shortlisted)
The Costa Book Award for Best Novel (shortlisted) is a prestigious British literary recognition given annually to outstanding novels that make the final shortlist for the Costa Book Awards’ main fiction category.
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B.
Costa First Novel Award
The Costa First Novel Award is a British literary prize recognizing outstanding debut novels by authors writing in English.
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C.
Booktrust Teenage Prize
The Booktrust Teenage Prize was a UK literary award that annually recognized outstanding fiction written for teenage readers.
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D.
The Guardian First Book Award
The Guardian First Book Award was a British literary prize established by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding debut works of fiction or non-fiction.
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E.
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize is a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of children's fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Sally Gardner ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Costa Book Awards 2012 Children’s Book category
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linked to:
Costa Children’s Book Award
Costa Children’s Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
bravery
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friendship ⓘ oppression ⓘ state propaganda ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
space race (fictionalised)
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totalitarian government ⓘ |
| illustrator | Julian Crouch ⓘ |
| intendedMarket |
UK
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international ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardShortlist | Carnegie Medal ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Standish Treadwell ⓘ |
| narration | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | inventive narrative style ⓘ |
| notableFor |
unconventional page layout
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use of illustrations and blank pages ⓘ |
| pageCount | 288 ⓘ |
| partOf | Costa Book Awards winners ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | dyslexic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hot Key Books ⓘ |
| setting | totalitarian regime ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
short chapters
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sparse prose ⓘ visual typographical design ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teenagers
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young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
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resistance ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
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Subject: "Maggot Moon" won the Costa Children's Book Award Description of subject: "Maggot Moon" is a critically acclaimed dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, recognized for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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