Maggot Moon
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Maggot Moon is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner that follows a dyslexic boy uncovering a sinister government conspiracy in an alternate totalitarian Britain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maggot Moon canonical | 2 |
| "Maggot Moon" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maggot Moon Context triple: [Sally Gardner, notableWork, Maggot Moon]
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A.
Carrion Comfort
"Carrion Comfort" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that powerfully explores themes of despair, spiritual struggle, and faith through his distinctive sprung rhythm and dense, innovative language.
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B.
The Obscene Bird of Night
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C.
The Midnight Life
The Midnight Life is a studio album by West Coast hip hop producer and rapper DJ Quik, showcasing his signature funk-influenced sound and polished production.
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D.
The Pains of Sleep
The Pains of Sleep is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that vividly explores themes of guilt, terror, and psychological torment experienced in dreams.
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E.
Almanac of the Dead
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maggot Moon Target entity description: Maggot Moon is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner that follows a dyslexic boy uncovering a sinister government conspiracy in an alternate totalitarian Britain.
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A.
Carrion Comfort
"Carrion Comfort" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that powerfully explores themes of despair, spiritual struggle, and faith through his distinctive sprung rhythm and dense, innovative language.
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B.
The Obscene Bird of Night
The Obscene Bird of Night is a landmark Chilean novel by José Donoso, renowned for its dark, labyrinthine narrative and its exploration of identity, madness, and social decay within the Latin American literary canon.
-
C.
The Midnight Life
The Midnight Life is a studio album by West Coast hip hop producer and rapper DJ Quik, showcasing his signature funk-influenced sound and polished production.
-
D.
The Pains of Sleep
The Pains of Sleep is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that vividly explores themes of guilt, terror, and psychological torment experienced in dreams.
-
E.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Sally Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Carnegie Medal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Costa Children’s Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Julian Crouch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Standish Treadwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
oppression
ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ space race ⓘ surveillance state ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterAgeGroup | teenager ⓘ |
| marketedAs | YA dystopia ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of a dyslexic narrator
ⓘ
unconventional page layout ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 288 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Standish Treadwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacteristic | dyslexic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hot Key Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
alternate history Britain
ⓘ
totalitarian state ⓘ |
| structure | short chapters ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
censorship
ⓘ
courage ⓘ friendship ⓘ government conspiracy ⓘ resistance ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maggot Moon Description of subject: Maggot Moon is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner that follows a dyslexic boy uncovering a sinister government conspiracy in an alternate totalitarian Britain.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sally Gardner
this entity surface form:
"Maggot Moon"