# Alabama Moon

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{{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](/source/Watt_Key)
| cover_artist   =
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| series         = 
| genre          = [Children's literature](/source/Children's_literature), [young adult fiction](/source/young_adult_fiction)
| publisher      = [Square Fish](/source/Square_Fish) & [Farrar, Straus and Giroux](/source/Farrar%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Alabama) native Moon Blake.

Following the release of the published work, a movie based upon the book titled ''[Alabama Moon](/source/Alabama_Moon_(film))'' 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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