| Alabama Moon Contributor(s): Key, Watt (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312384289 ISBN-13: 9780312384289 Publisher: Square Fish
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2008 Annotation: For as long as ten-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. When Moons father dies, Moon follows his fathers last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. Click for more in this series: Alabama Moon |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 10-13 |
| Grade Level: 5-8 |
| Lexile Measure: 720(Not Available) |
| Series: Alabama Moon |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.50 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - South |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
| Awards: Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Middle Grades, 2009 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 109348 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "I could trap my own food and make my own clothes. I could find my way by the stars and make fire in the rain. Pap said he even figured I could whip somebody three times my size. He wasn't worried about me." For as long as ten-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings an occasional trip to the nearest general store. When Moon's father dies, Moon follows his father's last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn't know or understand, apparent property of the government he has been avoiding all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills and learns to survive in the outside world, and even, perhaps, make his home there. In this compelling, action-packed book, Watt Key gives us the thrilling coming-of-age story of the unique and extremely appealing Moon. |
Contributor Bio(s): Key, Watt: - Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. He grew up and currently lives in southern Alabama with his wife and family. Watt spent much of his childhood hunting and fishing the forests of Alabama, which inspired his debut novel, Alabama Moon, published to national acclaim in 2006. Alabama Moon won the 2007 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, was included on Time Magazine's list of the Best One Hundred YA Books of All Time, and has been translated in seven languages. |
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