The characters are well-drawn and three-dimensional. 'A winningly fresh look at life and culture almost never seen in children's books.'-The Horn Book Magazine 'Key writes honestly about hunting, trapping and the hardships of survival in this rather unusual coming-of-age story.'-Kirkus Reviews 'Well written with a flowing style, plenty of dialogue, and lots of action. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival. Watt Key, a native Alabaman, makes a stunning debut with this novel. But Moon learns the hard way that you need to trust sometimes-and maybe Pap wasn't right to distrust everyone and everything. Its a great book I would recommend it to everybody. I had to read this book as a summer reading project, but Im actually glad that I read this book. Moon is determined to keep the promise he made to his father, so with Hal and Kit, the first friends he's ever had, he sets off for Alaska. Alabama moon It an amazing book with great detail, drama, and action. Soon though, a well-meaning acquaintance turns Moon over to the local boys' home. On his deathbed, Pap tells Moon that he must flee to Alaska to find others like them and continue to live free, without government restrictions.

Pap, a Vietnam vet, taught Moon how to survive-and how to keep away from the government. Ten-year-old Moon has lived in an Alabama forest with his Pap ever since he can remember. Teacher ResourcesĪlabama Moon has made its way onto the reading lists of a number of schools, these documents were provided courtesy of Rebecca Burnett, 9th grade English teacher at Pelham High School in Shelby County Alabama.įeel free to download them and modify them for use in your classroom.In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills to survive in the ‘outside world’, and even, perhaps, make his home there. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn’t know or understand he’s become property of the government he has been taught to avoid all his life. When Moon’s father dies, Moon follows his father’s last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves.

They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings is an occasional trip to the nearest general store. You REALLY never want to eat an armadillo, but I did… FIND OUT WHY? Alabama Moonįor as long as 10-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. Alabama Moon was adapted into a PG-rated movie in 2009 with John Goodman, Clint Howard and directed by Tim McCanlies.

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