{{short description|2006 novel}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox book<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Alabama Moon | title_orig = | translator = | image = Alabama Moon novel.jpg | caption = Cover Art | author = Watt Key | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Children's literature, young adult fiction | publisher = Square Fish & Farrar, Straus and Giroux | release_date = 2006 (1st edition), 2010 (2nd edition paperback) | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 304 p. (hardback edition) | isbn = 0-374-30184-0 | dewey= | congress= | oclc= 62172841 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''Alabama Moon''''' is a 2006 novel by Watt Key.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2006-08-15|title=Alabama Moon|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/watt-key/alabama-moon/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Alabama Moon|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-30184-2|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stone|first=Tanya Lee|date=2007-02-11|title=Review of ''Alabama Moon''|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/books/review/Stone.t.html|access-date=2020-10-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Coats|first=Karen|date=2006|title=Alabama Moon (review)|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/v060/60.4coats08.html|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|language=en|volume=60|issue=4|pages=175|doi=10.1353/bcc.2006.0836|s2cid=143894410 |issn=1558-6766|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The story follows the adventures of Alabama native Moon Blake.
Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled ''Alabama Moon'' was released September 27, 2009.<ref name="movie">{{cite web|url=http://www.alabamamoonthemovie.net/en/home.php|title=Alabama Moon|website=www.alabamamoonthemovie.net|access-date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072300/http://www.alabamamoonthemovie.net/en/home.php|archive-date=2019-01-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Synopsis== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://isbndb.com/book/9780312644802|title=Alabama Moon|website=ISBNdb}}</ref>
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Category:2006 debut novels Category:2006 American novels Category:2006 English-language novels Category:2006 children's books Category:American bildungsromans Category:American young adult novels Category:Novels set in Alabama Category:Children's books set in Alabama Category:American novels adapted into films Category:Children's books adapted into films Category:Square Fish books Category:Farrar, Straus and Giroux books
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