Five well-deserved stars10-year-old Moon lived a life very different from other people. He and his father lived in an isolated shelter that was covered with dirt and trees - virtually impossible for anyone to detect - purposely hidden deep in a seemingly abandoned forest. They had few traces of modern life - no electricity or running water, no store bought food, medicine, etc. They survived by living off the land. Moon never really questioned why they lived this way - he never knew anything different. He did know that his father said they should never trust the government. Moon's father taught him how to survive on his own, and said Moon should live in Alaska (far away from civilization) if anything ever happened to him. He wanted him to find a place where other people distrusted the government also and were self-reliant. Moon's father held to his beliefs until he died. His death from a broken leg could have easily been prevented with modern medicine or surgery, but he refused to re-enter society to seek treatment. Suddenly Moon is all alone and unprepared to function in modern society. After Moon buries his father, he's discovered by a man who has built a home on the same property as Moon and his father's cave. Life for Moon is turned upside down when he is sent to a group boy's home. Unable to cope with all the changes and forced rules, Moon decides to escape.
His survival skills enable him to outrun and "whip" up on anybody - no matter their age or size. Though he has what it takes to live on his own, Moon finds out being alone can actually be very lonely. And though Moon does not need anyone else to help him live, he wants love, affection, and friendship. Moon realizes that maybe, just maybe,his Pa was wrong all along. I could write pages and pages about this incredible story. Moon is very rough around the edges, but you can't help but cheer him on throughout the story. You want him to find happiness and your heart aches for the struggles he has to face when he must live in a world vastly different from his own. The ending of this book is perfect, and (get ready) may make you shed a tear or two. I admire the creativity of this book and the original plot. This book is the best novel I have read in a long time - truly amazing.
”WOW” !!!!!!!!!!!! This book is great. To tell hte truth i really don’t like to read but the book i read in 4 days. First of all, this boy is out rageous. He has to bury his own father. Then the ”LAW” is after him. He gets caught and gets sent to PINSON a home for boys. After being the for a while he escapes out of there. Stealing a bus he takes along all the other boys on there the other boys grow tired and give then selves in .While the other boys escape the oldest one Hal leaves cause he get scared cause he thinks they are gowing to get in trouble. After they build a shelter to live in they started a new life in the woods .His other friend Kit gets sick because he dosn’t have his medicine. Moon has to drag Kit all the way to the main road to get medical attention then his escaped friend picks him up there . After a while being at his friend Hals house the police gets on him. he was falsly charged with attemted murder he is sent to court.A lawyer that moved into a big logde next to his old selter helps Moon find realitives and be his lawyer.!!!
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Alabama Moon is a sad book. Moon doesn't live like other people are rused to, instead of living in a regular house like others he lives far down in the forest that no one usually goes to. Moon's father is aginst the goverment so he teaches him to live and survive off the land, therefor he and his father makes and cathes their own food, their own clothes, and their own dishes. Moon's father keeps his thought of being aginst the goverment until one day he gets a broken leg and dies, he could ahve survived this if he would have just went to the hospital and got help, but since he doesn't want anything to do with the goverment he refuses to go and leaves Moon all alone in the world. After he is alone he finds out about a man who helpes him a lot who settels in the same property as he and his father. Then Moon is sent to a pinson a home of boys where he can't handel the changes he goes through so he decides to escape. Luckily for him the skills that his father has taught him comes in handy when he is trying to escape the law and is convicted of a murder. After being without anyone for a while he finds himself alone without love or attention, then he starts to think that his father was wrong all along. This part in the story was my favorite part because it helped me see a movie in my head when moons father gets hurt and refuses to go to the hospital just because he hates the goverment. Alabama moon by Watt Key really touched me because it showes that Moon didn't give up even in his hardest time.
ReplyDeleteAlambama Moon was really good. If I had to rate this book 1-10 I would give it a 10 because it is about a boy who lives in the forest with his dad. The boy’s mom died when he was young. So him and his dad trys to survive in the forest. The dad does not like the gov’t so they hide from the gov’t. Then the dad gets an infection in his leg and he dies. So now the boy has to survive on his own. He wants to go to Alaska. But instead he gets sent to this foster home for boys. He tries to escape with his friends on a bus. They are trying to reach Alaska. One of his friends get hurt and then he dies. So he does not go to Alaska.
ReplyDeleteAlabama Moon by Watt Key is a very sad book. The book is about a young boy who is named Moon and faces serious challenges. Moon is left alone when his dad gets a broken leg and he doesn't want to got to the hospital because he hates the goverment. Moon is then taken to a boys home where the constable makes his stay very uncomfortable. I like this book becasue it shows how Moon learns to face his challenges. I recommened this book to anyone because I think everyone will enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteAlabama Moon by Watt Key is a great book. I think you should read this book if you would love to see the struggles, that a kid has to go thruogh. Moon's mother had passed away and he is forced to live in the forest with his father. Soon his father dies, and has planned to go to Alaska and find other people like himself. You should see what Moon gos through when he breaks out of Pinson , a boys home, and has two other boys along with him. Continously Officer Sanders, who works at the boys home, looks for them in the forest where they were hiding. Byt every time he thinks that he has them Moon finds some way to get them out. Look for this book and I believe that you will like it.
ReplyDeleteThis book is very exciting to read. It keeps you intreted and you dont want to put it down. I would recomened this book to anyone who likes to read Male or Female. This book is greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.
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alabama moon is a really good book that we read during ela about alittle boy who is an orphan who befriens 2 other orphans.
ReplyDeleteAlabama moon is a really good book. Its about this boy that is an oraphan. It was really good and just know that it doesn't matter where you come from.
ReplyDeletealabama moon is very good it is about a boy named moon who lived with his father in the woods until his father dies and then every one starts to find out about him and then moon is on the run from sociaty
ReplyDeleteAlabama Moon is a book where a 10 year-old boy has to live on his own because both of his parents died. Moon is sent of to a state penitent and after he goes there he escapes with two friends named Keith and Hall. All three of them are on a interesting adventure to Alaska.
ReplyDeleteThis book was sad, but very interesting. I dont really read but this book looked really good and im glad i did. Its about a ten year old boy named Moon Blake. He lived in the forest with his father since he was one. His mother died a long while back. They live in the forest because his father hates the gov't. He hates the gov't because they sent him off to the vietnum war. He survived and thats why he moved out to the forest. One day Moons father dad dies from an infected leg. Moon Then heads out for Alaska. Along the way the gov't is after him. He gets caught and is sent to an orphanage called Pinson for boys. He then escapes with his two friends he met there. They lived out in the forest for 6 weeks before Hal his oldest friend runs off to find his daddy, and his other friend Kit who gets really sick because he didnt have his medication. Moon gets him to the hospital and goes to live with Hal for a little while after Hal found his daddy. Then the gov't found him. He went to the hospital to visit Kit and got caught by Sanders. The evil constable thats been after him. They go to court and Moon gets a great lawyer. He won the case and went to see kit. Kit died in the hospital and Moon was sent to live with his uncle Mike.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh this book is fanomenal i lost this book in my school i tried so hard to find this book but i cant i love this book.truth be told this is the only book that i really bunderstand look im only 12 and i undersatnd this book i try every day just to look for this book.Im not going to stop until i have this book and when it is mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletethis book is awesome well i am 11 years old and i am in fifth grade but our teacher read this to us it was about a chapter or two a day and we absolutely lovvvveddd it and all the girls almost started crying when we heard that kit died. i felt so bad:( and it was really funny listening to our teacher try to make the bobcat sound at the end of the book. getting back to subject, i love this book and i recamend this book to everyone in this world:-)
ReplyDeletethis boy named moon blake lived in the forest with his father sense he was one
ReplyDeletei kinda liked it but i thougt it gott boring a some parts
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greatest book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
ReplyDeleteI give this book two thumbs up. It was FANTASTIC!! But, the ending was very sad. :(
ReplyDeletethis book is so good i am half way through and i love it
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alabama moon is one of the best books i have ever read. It is very uniqe in that in a way that it is hard to explain .most books that is about a life leson is very hard to follow but not this one. and i would most defitinly recamend it to any body young or old you will defitly fall in love in the way it is writen and i highly recomend you read it if you havent because you are missing somthing truley incredable. and it is just amasing.
ReplyDeletei have to read it for summer reading and i dont feel like reading it so can someone tell me what happends at the end?
ReplyDeletei think this is a great book it helps me understand that moon faces all these chanleges and escapes what kind of brave kid is this whelll a really brave one it tell me that dont be afraid to give yourself out no matter what never give up keep trying
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!!!!! I loooooooved this boook! i reccomened EVERYBODY read it. it was amazing!!!!!
ReplyDeletei cant belive what happened i give this five starts cause he new what to do when he broke oout of jail wiht the other kids HES REALLY SMART !!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei actually never read the book cuz i dont understand them but iv seen the movie. its realy sad): moon keeps losing the people hes very close to. 1st his mother, 2nd his father, 3rd kit(his friend).... but it was really good i liked it (:
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