Click download or read online button to get alabama moon book now. Alabama moon was made into a 2009 feature film starring john goodman. Alabama moon, written by watt key in 2006, follows the struggles of a boy named moon blake. Alabama moon book final test by esl is my jam teachers. At the beginning of the book, a tenyearold boy named moon blake lives with. Two truths and a lie is the first book in a new series that.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It begins with some very intense, dramatic scenes in which an 11yearold loses his father and becomes an orphan, and then the tone settles on a rather lightweight, and even comical. All his life, moon blake has lived with his reclusive father, oliver, on a remote tract of land in the woods surviving only on what they trap and grow. Watt key, is an awardwinning southern fiction author. He escapes with the boys from the boys home and two of the boys went in the woods with moon and the rest stayed back. Moon blake is raised by his loving but governmentparanoid father oliver in a hidden cave in the alabama forests. New moon is the continuation of stephenie meyers surprisingly great introduction novel twilight. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alabama moon. Alabama moon is a debut novel published in 2006 by american author watt key.
Review alabama moon and create word problems from the text to help us better understand the book s plot. 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. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The book, set in 1980, follows moon s struggles as he is forced to choose between continuing a. Genre the genre of the book alabama moon is realistic fiction. Essay on alabama moon by watt key 14 words bartleby. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The story follows the adventures of alabama native moon blake. Other characters include hal and kit, moon s friends, moon s dad, mr. Dirt road home is a fine sequel to alabama moon,the well written coming of age story which has received much praise. 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. Watt key after the death of his father, tenyearold 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.
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. Directed by tim mccanlies secondhand lions, alabama moon is bighearted and sweet and likable, but it also feels rushed and truncated, as well as uneven in tone. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. In the novel alabama moon a boy named moon is the main character. As the spirited and resourceful moon encounters constables, jails pdf, 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. Alabama moon series by watt key goodreads share book. This book is about a young boy, moon who is raised in the forest. When he lands in a juvenile detention center, moon discovers that with the loss of his freedom, he gains good food and the first friends hes ever known. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Soon though, a wellmeaning acquaintance turns moon over to. His mother died when he was young and he doesnt remember much of her, and his father recently passed and moon was responsible for his burial. Alabama moon is the debut novel from southern alabama author watt key. Alabama moon mobi alabama moon is a 2007 bank street best childrens book of the year. Aug 03, 2010 he grew up and currently lives in southern alabama with his wife and family.
Who are the main characters in the book alabama moon. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Alabama moon is a 2007 bank street best childrens book of the year. Jan 14, 2008 listen to alabama moon audiobook by watt key. He grew up and currently lives in southern alabama with his wife and family. Tenyearold moon has lived in an alabama forest with his pap ever since he can remember. This is an update because of a mistake to the answer key. Raised in a primitive shelter deep in the alabama woods, moon blake knows only two people. Draw an alabama locations map detailing each location and defining its significance in the. The author, watt key, has just the right touch for this kind of book and one is naturally reminded of the tom sawyerhuck finn of forever fame. Moons father though has died and moons mother was never really around because she passed away when moon was younger.
Stylistically, the book is perfectly paced, and moons narration is thoroughly believable. After the death of his father, tenyearold 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. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Before dying, oliver instructs moon to go to alaska where hell find people just like them. Moon, as he is called, can gather food, build shelter, find his way in the woods but he has no experience with other people or civilization. Consider travel distances, costs of goods, trades etc. Alabama moon is a lovable movie, as long as you can remember whats being a child and dreaming about a grand forest adventure, living off nature, standing by yourself, dodge bullies, defy all odds. Learn alabama moon with free interactive flashcards. For as long as 10yearold moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Jan 04, 2004 alabama moon is a good book that teaches you a lot of things that could help if you had to survive in the forest. Moon knows a lot of survival tips that most kids dont. In some cases, as with chronicles of narnia, disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series. Frank lloyd wright and the taliesin murders full pdf. White readaloud award and has been translated in seven languages. Alabama moon was his first published book, and hes written four other young adult novels. This novel functions admirably enough as a standalon. Alabama moon 2006 read online free book by watt key in.
Moon is very independent because throughout the story he does a lot of things on his own including living alone. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. This is a series of questions to test students after reading the book alabama moon by watt key it included multiple choice, short answer, and an essay. Alabama moon is a 2009 american comingofage film directed by tim mccanlies and starring jimmy bennett and john goodman, based on the book alabama moon by watt key.
Alaskas a long way from alabama, though, and moon soon finds himself on the run from the law. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of alabama moon. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. Alabama moon download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled alabama moon was released september 27, 2009. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Describe the living conditions in these first few chapters. Moon has been watching his pap how to do things since he could understand what was going on. Read alabama moon online free book in epub, txt or pdf. Pap, a vietnam vet, taught moon how to surviveand how to keep away from the government. In alabama moon, we learned a great deal about survival in the woods. The book is now in the hands of my eleven year old son who hasnt been seen for the last day or so, except at mealtimes with a surprisingly dog eared book that is less than a week old. Alabama moon free pdf, epub, fb2, rtf books library.
Characters alabama moon the main character of alabama moon is moon. The neil young pdf songbook project version date 20061205 1 welcome to the neil young pdf songbook project this document is a compilation of songs submitted by rusties and other neilfans. When moon gets to the boys home, he tries to escape. On his deathbed, pap tells moon that he must flee to alaska to find others like them and continue to live free, without. On page 3 i found out that he was ten years old because it said i was ten years. Time magazine listed the book as one of its top 100 young adult novels of all time.
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. The neil young pdf songbook project version date 20061205 3 farmer john ragged glory 185 farmers song archives be damned 2000 186 feel your love american dream 187 field of opportunity comes a time 189 find another shoulder archives be damned 2000 190 flags of freedom living with war 191 flying on the ground is wrong buffalo springfield 193 fool for your love road. The novel was originally published by farrar, straus and giroux in 2006. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled alabama moon.
Alabama moon is the story of a 10 year old boy who has been raised in the forest by his survivalist father. Moon grew up surviving in the woods of alabama with his father, and had little contact with the outside world. His books have won many awards, including time magazines one of. Alabama moon national homeschool book award alabama moon author watt key lives in alabama with his heres a link to a study guide written for the young hoosier book award program that has lots of alabama moon teaching guide complete pdf cyrm resource book middle school j high nominees 2. Read online new moon pdf by stephenie meyer for free. Moons father though has died and moons mother was never really around because she passed away when moon was. Instead, moon is taken and placed in a boys home where he loves having. Alabama moon 2006 read online free book by watt key in epub. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A terrific choice for reluctant readers and also for fans of gary paulsens.