A Michael L Printz Honor BookIn Sally Gardnerrsquos stunning novel set in a ruthless regime an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landingWhat if the football hadnrsquot gone over the wall On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret And the devil And the Moon Man And the Motherland doesnrsquot want anyone to know But Standish Treadwell mdash who has different-colored eyes who canrsquot read canrsquot write Standish Treadwell isnrsquot bright mdash sees things differently than the rest of the train-track thinkers So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor Hector make their way to the other side of the wall they see what the Motherland has been hiding And itrsquos bigOne hundred very short chapters told in an utterly original first-person voice propel readers through a narrative that is by turns gripping and darkly humorous bleak and chilling tender and transporting.
