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#AnglophileApril Day 22: Fats‘ review: “This dystopian tale is set in the 1950s, post-war, in a place called Motherland that functions under a totalitarian rule. Standish Treadwell is a boy with different-colored eyes. This makes him an easy target for bullying, especially from a group of students led by Hans Fielder.” Hence, a lot of #BoysDontCry moments. ”The storytelling is raw and haunting.“ Her review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-7fo

So ready to start this one

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Sally Gardner is my all time favorite author and once again she stuns me with this gem of literature. It‘s honestly a little confusing at first but the detail in the end is magnificent and I would recommend to anybody who likes books about fictional war and so called “higher powers” controlling the lower class men. It‘s kind of like the hunger games without the games just the screwed up upper class. #sallygardner #maggotmoon

I studied this book for my children's lit class so couldn't resist this slipcased edition for my collection. #bookmail

2016, Book 30 "I'm taking you to the land of Croca-Colas," I say.

"Remember? We are going to drive one of those big Cardillacs."

"What colour is it?" he asks, and this worries me. Hector should remember. We talked about it often enough.

"Sky blue," I say.

He coughs. Not a good sound. Too deep, too full of coffins.

Why is mankind so fucking cruel?

Why?"