Dirt Road Home (Hardcover)
Description
After his recapture at the end of Alabama Moon, gutsy fourteen-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 harder Hal’s fellow inmates try to make him fail.
About the Author
Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. He grew up and currently lives in southern Alabama with his wife and family. Watt spent much of his childhood hunting and fishing the forests of Alabama, which inspired his debut novel, Alabama Moon, published to national acclaim in 2006. Alabama Moon won the 2007 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and has been translated in seven languages. Key’s second novel, Dirt Road Home, was published in 2010.
Praise for Dirt Road Home…
“Key nicely paces his tale, steadily building the tension. . . . There’s more than enough action to keep the fidgitiest adolescent boy glued to the page here.”—Mobile Press-Register
“With authentic characters and a candid first-person narrative, Key’s story offers a disturbing appraisal of life in a juvenile facility, and a riveting battle for justice.”—Publishers Weekly
“The short chapters, quick pacing, and plentiful dialogue make Key’s impressive second effort an especially appealing choice for reluctant boy readers.”—The Horn Book
“A gripping tale of a 14-year-old caught in a justice system that is not about justice at all.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Hal quickly learns that the boys who want to fight him aren’t his real challenge—it’s the guards who allow it to happen.”—Birmingham Magazine
“. . . Hal’s efforts to contain his rage and navigate brawls keep the atmosphere tense and pacing fleet. . . . for comeuppance it doesn’t get much more satisfying.”—Booklist
Rick Bragg in the Movies
Even though you weren’t able to attend the September 26, 2011, sold-out world premiere of Alabama’s Rick Bragg: Out of the Dirt, here’s your opportunity to view the entire movie at home, as well as much bonus footage not seen in the original documentary.
Listen in on distinguished Alabamaians, local friends and family tell inside tales on Rick as a child and award-winning best-selling author. Rick also gives his life’s philosophy in many scenes. Find out about his mother’s poetry; hear his aunt tell of dressing him as a girl when he was a tot. If ever there was a priceless gift, this is it.
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