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Sally Gardner Book and Novel    

Sally Gardner - Author


Sally Gardner is an award-winning novelist from London. Her books have been translated into 22 languages and have sold more than one million copies in the UK.

Her historical novel for older readers, I, Coriander, won the Smarties Children's Book Prize in 2005.  Two thrillers both set at the time of the French Revolution, The Red Necklace and The Silver Blade, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2009, followed. Actor Dominic West ('The Wire') has bought the film rights to both titles.

Sally Gardner's stories for middle readers include Lucy Willow and the popular Magical Children series of six titles The Strongest Girl in the World, The Invisible Boy, The Boy with Magic Numbers, The Smallest Girl in the World, The Boy with the Lightning Feet, and The Boy who Could Fly, which are also available as audio books.

She has also written and illustrated picture books including The Fairy Catalogue, The Glass Heart, The Book of Princesses and Playtime Rhymes.

The Double Shadow is published in November 2011.

Sally Gardner continues to be an avid spokesperson for Dyslexia, working to change the way it is perceived by society. She is dyslexic and argues that it's not a disability, but a gift.

 

If you'd love to know more about Sally, click here to download a more detailed biography and Q&A.

To see a video of Sally talking about her book Fairy Shopping - CLICK HERE

Or watch a video of her talking about The Silver Blade:

 


Featured Books, with extracts, by Sally Gardner


Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2012. Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas as Standish Treadwell, an unlikely hero, takes on the vicious forces of the repressive motherland in a novel set in a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2012. Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas as Standish Treadwell, an unlikely hero, takes on the vicious forces of the repressive motherland in a novel set in a...
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/08/2012
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The Double Shadow
Sally Gardner
A girl tries to free herself from the terrifying double shadow of her childhood and forge her own future, but she is trapped in a memory machine created by her father. Against the tense backdrop of the Second World War...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
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I, Coriander
Sally Gardner
Great for age range 9-12Sally Gardner is a formidable talent as she manages so successfully to entrance, engage and grip the reader in a historical setting and in the originality of the storyline. The richness of the prose will...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 05/06/2006
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  • Tue, 18 Jun 2013 @ 17:47
    Wonderful day with Hackney Schools today - such fantastic kids, brimming with energy and ideas.
  • Tue, 18 Jun 2013 @ 07:21
    Off to join in with the Hackney Carnegie Celebrations where I will be talking to seven schools and seeing who they vote for
  • Mon, 17 Jun 2013 @ 14:48
    RT @khslibrarian: Three lucky year 9 students met @TheSallyGardner for the #ckg13. We had a great morning, thank you @WarwickshireSLS ! htt…
  • Fri, 14 Jun 2013 @ 16:19
    Everything look so good in the sunshine
  • Fri, 14 Jun 2013 @ 16:18
    Had a great day with Rosemary woodman organised through the Berkshire school library service . So many schools such great questions
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