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Publication
New York Farrar Straus Giroux 2006.
Description
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.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2009)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2011)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2008)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2009)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2010)
Southern Book Prize (Winner — Children's — 2007)
Alabama Author Award (Young Adult — 2008)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2009)
IBBY Honour Book (2010)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2009)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2011)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Winner — Older Readers — 2007)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2008)
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