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Dirt Road Home (2010)

by Watt Key(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0374308632 (ISBN13: 9780374308636)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

series

Alabama Moon

review 1: I chose this book because I have watched and read the prequel, Alabama Moon. The first story was phenomenal, so I naturally wanted to read the sequel. It's about a tough kid named Hal Mitchell who is stuck in Hellenweiler, a home for boys that's actually a corrupt penitentiary. Hal is stuck there for various offenses, but if he stays out of trouble and his daddy stays clean, Hal can move back to the clay pits at his father's trailer. Hal has a serious dilemma - the guards allow violence, and write lies in their reports, to keep the place running. He also needs to pick out of the two gangs, the one he wants to join, the Hell Hounds or the Death Throw Ministers, but he can't if he wants to get out. My favorite quote is when a boy named Leroy tells Hal "You're gonna make enem... moreies whether you choose sides or not." This turns out to be true for Hal as he tries to stay out of trouble. I can also relate in real life. The author had a writing style that pulled me in with a first person point of view. I definitely recommend this book to people who are into adventure and read about teenage struggles out of the urban lifestyle.
review 2: Dirt road home by Watt Key. Dirt road home is about a kid named Hal who is trying to clean up his life. On the way he gets n fights and meets people along the way. I rate this book a strong 8. It has so many big events that lead up to one big event that ends up to change the whole story. Hopeless Hal is what Hal is called in the story but you’ll have to read into find out why. So go and read it today, Caden Gingrich less

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