"Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal
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"Maggot Moon" is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, acclaimed for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: "Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal Context triple: [Sally Gardner, notableAwardForWork, "Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal]
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A.
Award of Merit Medal for the Novel
The Award of Merit Medal for the Novel is a prestigious literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the art of the novel, conferred by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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B.
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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C.
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers.
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D.
Jupiter Award for Best Novel
The Jupiter Award for Best Novel was an American science fiction literary prize, active in the 1970s, that honored outstanding science fiction novels chosen by academic and fan organizations.
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E.
Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story
The Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story is a prestigious American literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the art of short 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal Target entity description: "Maggot Moon" is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, acclaimed for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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A.
Award of Merit Medal for the Novel
The Award of Merit Medal for the Novel is a prestigious literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the art of the novel, conferred by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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B.
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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C.
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers.
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D.
Jupiter Award for Best Novel
The Jupiter Award for Best Novel was an American science fiction literary prize, active in the 1970s, that honored outstanding science fiction novels chosen by academic and fan organizations.
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E.
Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story
The Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story is a prestigious American literary honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the art of short fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian novel
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novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Sally Gardner ⓘ |
| awarded |
Carnegie Medal
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Costa Children’s Book Award ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Julian Crouch ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781471400049 ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange | 12+ ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | black-and-white drawings ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketedAs | children’s and young adult fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule
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inventive narrative style ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Standish Treadwell ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hot Key Books ⓘ |
| settingType | totalitarian state ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
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linked to:
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
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| theme |
courage
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friendship ⓘ resistance ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: "Maggot Moon" won the Carnegie Medal Description of subject: "Maggot Moon" is a dystopian young adult novel by Sally Gardner, acclaimed for its inventive narrative style and powerful exploration of courage and resistance under totalitarian rule.
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