''Alabama Moon'' is a 2006 novel by

Watt Key Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key and Albert Key, is an American fiction author who is known for writing young-adult survival fiction. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel '' Alabama Moon'' was published by Farrar, S ...

. The story follows the adventures of

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native Moon Blake. Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled '' Alabama Moon'' was released September 27, 2009.

Synopsis

After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life.

References

2006 American novels 2006 debut novels American novels adapted into films Farrar, Straus and Giroux books Novels set in Alabama Southern United States in fiction Square Fish books {{2000s-child-novel-stub