Alabama Moon
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BQKL3F4
Publish date: August 3rd 2010
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Alabama Moon is a great coming of age book that would be great to use in the classroom. When Moon's father Pap dies he decides he will follow his father's wishes and travel to Alaska. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned. Moon eventually escapes and brings along two friends he met at the boy's...
This book is a survival tale that young boys are sure to enjoy reading! It tells of a ten year old boy named Moon Blake who is raised in the wilderness by his father. After his father dies, he is placed briefly in a boy's home and makes two friends to carry out his escape plan with him. This book pr...
Another great Mrs.Gilmore suggestion :) Moon Blake has lived out in the woods since he was 2 years old with his dad. When his dad falls ill and dies, Moon is left to fend for himself. With a crazy constable on his tail, Moon gets sent to a boys home and then breaks out with 2 friends, Hal and Kip. A...
This is one of several reviews I wrote for the late lamented Secular Homeschooling Magazine. We ran an article about homeschoolers in fiction, and I rated a lot of YA novels based on how good they were and how well they handled homeschooling. Mostly, homeschoolers were hauled out as the reliable wei...
This is a five star book for one reason: Moon. Watt Key has written something really special with his character Moon Blake. I read the synopsis of this book months ago and even had it recommended to me by a friend, but I didn't pick it up because while it sounded interesting, the plot didn't leap o...
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