description: 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.
language: English
title: Alabama Moon
titlecomplete: Alabama Moon (Albama Moon, #1)
genres: Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Coming Of Age, Juvenile, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Survival, Teen, Adventure
ratings_count: 4863
places: Alabama
series: Alabama Moon
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: E.B. White Read Aloud Award
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Kinderbuch, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Truman Readers Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Recorded Books