Dirt Road Home: A Companion Novel to Alabama Moon

The story of of the orphan boy Moon, begun in Watt Key's award-winning Alabama Moon, continues with Dirt Road Home After his recapture, gutsy 14-year-old Hal Mitchell is sentenced to live at Hellenweiler, an institution that is more like a jail than the boys' home it's supposed to be. Hal could walk out in just a few months if he keeps out of trouble. But in a place like Hellenweiler, the more he tries to avoid the gangs and their violence, the stronger Hal's fellow inmates try to make him fail. This title has Common Core connections. "Key does a fabulous job of keeping his readers involved in the story and vested in the characters. Even reluctant readers will most likely find this one hard to put down." -- VOYA After his recapture at the end of ALABAMA MOON, gutsy 14-year-old Hal Mitchell is sentenced to live at Hellenweiler, an institution that is more like a jail than the boys' home it's supposed to be. Hal could walk out in just a few months if he keeps out of trouble. But in a place like Hellenweiler, the more he tries to avoid the gangs and their violence, the stronger Hal's fellow inmates try to make him fail. Fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell, sentenced after his recapture to live at a boys' home called Hellenweiler, tries to stay away from gangs and violence so he can get out in a few months, but his inmates do their best to involve him in trouble At Hellenweiler, A Reformatory For Second-offenders, Fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell Will Soon Be Free If He Can Avoid The Gang Violence Of His Fellow Inmates, But The Real Enemy May Lie Elsewhere.