Alabama moon

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. I could trap my own food and make my own clothes. I...

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Main Author: Key, Watt
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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