Alabama Moon and Awards
The Movie
Alabama Moon was adapted into a PG-rated movie in 2009 with John Goodman, Clint Howard and directed by Tim McCanlies.
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My Swamp Experience
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Alabama Moon
For as long as 10-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings is an occasional trip to the nearest general store. When Moon’s father dies, Moon follows his father’s last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn’t know or understand; he’s become property of the government he has been taught to avoid all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills to survive in the ‘outside world’, and even, perhaps, make his home there.
Teacher Resources
Alabama Moon has made its way onto the reading lists of a number of schools, these documents were provided courtesy of Rebecca Burnett, 9th grade English teacher at Pelham High School in Shelby County Alabama.
Feel free to download them and modify them for use in your classroom.
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Questions and Answers about Alabama Moon with Watt Key
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