Romance, fantasy, thriller, short stories, young adult and childrens books. Who are the main characters in the book alabama moon. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Moons father though has died and moons mother was never really around because she passed away when moon was younger. 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. Soon though, a wellmeaning acquaintance turns moon. Read alabama moon by watt key available from rakuten kobo. Alabama moon mobi alabama moon is a 2007 bank street best childrens book of the year. 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. This book is a great read that can be appreciated by young and old alike, as.
Moons father though has died and moons mother was never really around because she passed away when moon. Alabama moon book final test by esl is my jam teachers pay. Soon though, a wellmeaning acquaintance turns moon over to the local. Also, you must create a video of yourself acting as a news reporter and reporting on the events. The book, set in 1980, follows moon s struggles as he is forced to choose between continuing a. He knows how to build a fire without a match, how to construct a simple shelter, how to shoot a deer from a hundred yards and how to make his own clothing from the hides. This is an update because of a mistake to the answer key. Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled alabama moon. 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. This book escaped my notice when it appeared in hard. Describe the living conditions in these first few chapters. Landrums tones are convincing whether hes using the accent of rural alabama locals or showing moon. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive.
Moon grew up surviving in the woods of alabama with his father, and had little contact with the outside world. On his deathbed, pap tells moon that he must flee to alaska to find others like them and continue to live free, without. Alabama moon ebook by watt key 9781429987653 rakuten kobo. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Cyrm resource book middle school j high nominees 2.
View resource material posted download word files that can be edited questions. Instead, moon is taken and placed in a boys home where he loves having. Tenyearold moon has lived in an alabama forest with his pap ever since he can remember. 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. Alabama moon focuses on a tenyearold boy named moon blake. Raised in a primitive shelter deep in the alabama woods, moon blake knows only two people. Jan 14, 2008 tenyearold moon has lived in an alabama forest with his pap ever since he can remember. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled alabama moon was released september 27, 2009. But since i cant be in alabama this weekend, i am picking up one of the great books about the state, alabama moon by watt key, published in 2006. Watt key, a native alabaman, makes a stunning debut with this novel. Aug 03, 2010 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. Feel free to download them and modify them for use in your classroom. Alabama moon is a dark and violent story in spite of its happy ending, and it raises.
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 2006 read online free book by watt key in epub. The story follows the adventures of alabama native moon blake. After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an elevenyearold boy raised in the alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world. He knows where to find food in the forest, even in the middle of winter. 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.
Landrums tones are convincing whether hes using the accent of rural alabama locals or showing moon s mixed feelings of conviction and confusion as he faces the world alone. Browse all recordings alabama moon, take 2 19200319. White readaloud award and has been translated in seven languages. Once at the home, though, moon makes his first real friends and learns what friendship is all about. Electronic books fiction juvenile works juvenile fiction. Click download or read online button to get alabama moon book now. Read alabama moon online by watt key books free 30day trial. Alabama moon audiobook download alabama moon audiobook.
A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Alabama moon is a classic kids film based on the novel by watt key, complete with adventure and survival that most kids only dream about. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. This book escaped my notice when it appeared in hard cover. 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. Alabama moon is a 2007 bank street best childrens book. We not only have free worksheets, but we also have handson. Book notes learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Alabama moon font here refers to the font used in the poster of alabama moon, which is a 2010 american comingofage movie that centers on a boy raised in the alabama wilderness, who must learn to live in the modern world after the death of his father. 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. After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an elevenyearold boy raised in the alabama. Alabama moon by watt key and nick landrum audiobook. Alabama moon character analysis by bradlie walters on prezi. Hes been raised in the woods of alabama by a father who hated the government and taught moon to avoid the law.
Take the work and expense out of doing school at home with our vast collection of free worksheets for kids. The national jukebox is a project of the library of congress packard campus for audio visual conservation. Watt key alabama moon watt key adventure books for. For as long as tenyearold moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Nick landrum portrays 10yearold moon, whos been raised by a vietnam vet survivalist father who trusts no one. Moon has been watching his pap how to do things since he could understand what was going on. Watt key, is an awardwinning southern fiction author. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alabama moon. Having just started and put down a deeply crappy book meant for 9 to 12yearold boys by a wellknown author whose name i will refrain from mentioning, it was an absolute shock to my system to read its polar opposite, the brilliant alabama moon. He grew up and currently lives in southern alabama with his wife and family.
Alabama moon by watt key overdrive rakuten overdrive. I also have quizzes for chapters, 46 and 510, 1118 and 2535 for sale. Members include published authors and illustrators, librarians, agents, editors, publicists, booksellers, publishers and fans. 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. Alabama moon by watt key scholastic books for kids. Read free books online and download ebooks for free. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Moon has lived in the forest for nearly all of his life. Alabama moon 2006 read online free book by watt key in. It all changed after his pap died from a infected broken leg. Discover and read free books by indie authors as well as tons of classic books. The goal of the jukebox is to present to the widest audience possible early.
Read alabama moon by watt key for free with a 30 day free trial. Alabama moon download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Browse categories to find your favorite literature genres. Find thousands of books to read online and download free ebooks. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. 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. Alabama moon, written by watt key in 2006, follows the struggles of a boy named moon blake. Moon didnt care about anything anymore and his careleseness got him caught by the police and sent to a all boys home called pinson. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. 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. Alabama moon is a wonderful adventure into the life of moon blake, a young man with an unorthodox upbringing. With jimmy bennett, gabriel basso, uriah shelton, clint howard.
Moon knows a lot of survival tips that most kids dont. Pap, a vietnam vet, taught moon how to surviveand how to keep away from the government. Alabama 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. When moon gets to the boys home, he tries to escape. Write at least two pages about a character or scene in the book as if you are a reporter reporting the news. The site is updated daily with information about every book, author, illustrator, and publisher in the childrens young adult book industry. He escapes with the boys from the boys home and two of the boys went in the woods with moon. Audiobook mp3 link in page 4 to listen or download book. The ending might be a bit too perfect, but it is a happy one for moon. Alabama moon by watt key, aug 03, 2010, square fish edition, paperback alabama moon aug 03, 2010 edition open library. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other. Much of the story revolves around multiple chases, captures, and escapes.
Alabama moon is a 2007 bank street best childrens book of the year. 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. Before dying, oliver instructs moon to go to alaska where hell find people just like them. Alabama moon literary elements alabama moon character analysis conflict conflict is the main problem in the story moons pap died and he is trying to get to alaska but gets caught. In alabama moon the main character is moon blake he is 10 years old and has lived in the wild with his pap his whole life. The book also has a villain, a redneck alabama constable who is just as mentally unbalanced as moon s father was. This book is a great read that can be appreciated by young and old alike, as well as those not from or living in the south. Alabama moon farrar, straus and giroux byr, hardcover, 2006.
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