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Sally Gardner

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AKA Wray Delaney

Sally Gardner grew up and still lives in London. Being dyslexic, she did not learn to read or write until she was fourteen and had been thrown out of several schools, labeled unteachable, and sent to a school for maladjusted children. Despite this, she gained a degree with highest honors at a leading London art college, followed by a scholarship to a theater school, and then went on to become a very successful costume designer, working on some notable productions.

After the births of twin daughters and a son, she started first to illustrate and then to write picture books and chapter books, usually with fairytale- or otherwise magical subject matter. She has been called 'an idiosyncratic genius' by London’s Sunday Times. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 43,590 ratings · 5,832 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner, Julian Crouch (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 9,995 ratings — published 2012 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Coriander 3.84 avg rating — 8,363 ratings — published 2005 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Necklace (French Revolution, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 8,252 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snow Song 3.98 avg rating — 2,301 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Blade (French Revolution, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,159 ratings — published 2009 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tinder by Sally Gardner, David Roberts (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 2,093 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weather Woman 3.95 avg rating — 1,412 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Door That Led to Where 3.63 avg rating — 1,522 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Bunny (Wings & Co, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Pickled Herrings (Wings & Co, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2013 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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French Revolution (2 books)
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Quotes by Sally Gardner (?)

“There is nothing to fear except the power you give to your own demons.”
― Sally Gardner, The Red Necklace

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“You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars.”
― Sally Gardner, Maggot Moon

tags: what-if, wondering

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“Many men spend their lives living in the wrong corner of their souls, mainly out of fear of what they might find on the other side.”
― Sally Gardner

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What book should we read in May?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2014 Newbery contender and already published.

The Center of Everything by Linda Urban

22 votes 26.2%

Hold Fast by Blue Balliett

21 votes 25.0%

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

18 votes 21.4%

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

12 votes 14.3%

The Center of Everything

3 votes 3.6%

A Tangle of Knots (write-in)

2 votes 2.4%

Center of Everything (write-in)

2 votes 2.4%

Hold Fast

2 votes 2.4%

Center of everything (write-in)

1 vote 1.2%

maggot moon (because I would probably not read it otherwise!) (write-in)

1 vote 1.2%

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