Alabama Moon

{{short description|2006 novel}}

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| name = Alabama Moon

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| image = Alabama Moon novel.jpg

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| author = Watt Key

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Children's literature, young adult fiction

| publisher = Square Fish & Farrar, Straus and Giroux

| release_date = 2006 (1st edition), 2010 (2nd edition paperback)

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 304 p. (hardback edition)

| isbn = 0-374-30184-0

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| oclc= 62172841

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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}Alabama Moon is a 2006 novel by Watt Key.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2006-08-15|title=Alabama Moon|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/watt-key/alabama-moon/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kirkus Reviews}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Alabama Moon|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-30184-2|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite news|last=Stone|first=Tanya Lee|date=2007-02-11|title=Review of Alabama Moon|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/books/review/Stone.t.html|access-date=2020-10-06|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal|last=Coats|first=Karen|date=2006|title=Alabama Moon (review)|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/v060/60.4coats08.html|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|language=en|volume=60|issue=4|pages=175|doi=10.1353/bcc.2006.0836|s2cid=143894410 |issn=1558-6766}} The story follows the adventures of Alabama native Moon Blake.

Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled Alabama Moon was released September 27, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.alabamamoonthemovie.net/en/home.php|title=Alabama Moon|website=www.alabamamoonthemovie.net|access-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072300/http://www.alabamamoonthemovie.net/en/home.php|archive-date=2019-01-07|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://isbndb.com/book/9780312644802|title=Alabama Moon|website=ISBNdb}}

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