Even reluctant readers will most likely find this one hard to put down. Key does a fabulous job of keeping his readers involved in the story and vested in the characters. 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. Hal could walk out in just a few months if he keeps out of trouble. Also includes sites with a short overview, synopsis, book report, or summary of Watt Key’s Dirt Road Home. Read Time: 3 hours Full Book Notes and Study Guides Sites like SparkNotes with a Dirt Road Home study guide or cliff notes. The story of of the orphan boy Moon, begun in Watt Key's award-winning Alabama Moon, continues with Dirt Road HomeĪfter 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. Dirt Road Home by Watt Key Genre: Young Adult Published: July 14th 2010 Pages: 224 Est. Self Development and Motivational Books Publication date 2010 Topics Reformatories - Alabama.American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults for Alabama Moon.He grew up and currently lives in southern Alabama with his wife and family. Watt currently lives with his wife and three children in Mobile, Alabama. 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. Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. When he was 34 years he sold his debut novel, Alabama Moon, to publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux. While working as a computer programmer, he began submitting novels to major publishers in New York City.

He subsequently earned an MBA from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Dirt Road Home Watt Key 6.79 - 8.09 Fourmile Watt Key 4.29 - 23.83 Beast: Face-To-Face with the Florida Bigfoot Watt Key Out of Stock Bay Boy: Stories of a Childhood in Point Clear, Alabama Watt Key 22. Watt Key received his BA from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama.