Alabama Moon
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Alabama Moon

by Watt Key

2006•Adventure•320 pages

Taste attributes: adventurefamilydramawholesomeheavysimplelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalfish out of water/culture clashunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA moving, straightforward adventure novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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About This Book

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.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFamilyDramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalFish out of water/culture clashUnderdog triumphs

Subjects

BulliesOrphansResistance to GovernmentWilderness survivalAlabamaJuvenile fictionBullyingYoung adult fiction

Details

Author
Watt Key
Published
2006
Pages
320
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