Maggot Moon is a young adult novel written by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch, and published February 12, 2013 by Candlewick Press.

The book takes place in an alternate timeline of 1956 as the characters live in "The Motherland," telling a tale of what could have happened had the Nazis won the Second World War.

[7] Publishers Weekly wrote, "Parts of the story are very hard to read—early on, a classmate is beaten to death by a teacher in the schoolyard—but the violence asks readers to consider what the world would be like if certain events in history had turned out differently.

"[3] They continue the review, noting that "Gardner does a masterful job of portraying Standish’s dyslexia through the linguistic swerves of his narration, and although the ending is pure heartbreak, she leaves readers with a hopeful message about the power of one boy to stand up to evil.

"[3] Writing for The Horn Book, Deirdre Baker noted that the "tale has the terse, energetic tension of poetry" and the main characters' "phrases and sentences roll out with irony, tenderness, horror, or love, but always vividly.