Dirt Road Home

Written by Watt Key

Book #2 in the Alabama Moon series

Sent to a harsh boys' home, a runaway must stay out of trouble while gangs push him toward it.

240 pages· 47,374 words· Est. 5.5 hour read· HL540L· AR 3.8 · 7 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

After his recapture, fourteen-year-old Hal Mitchell is sent to Hellenweiler, a boys' home that is more like a jail. If he keeps out of trouble he could walk out in a few months, but gangs rule the place, and the harder Hal tries to avoid their violence, the harder the other boys work to make him fail. The story of the orphan boy Moon continues from Alabama Moon.

From the publisher

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

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