ALABAMA MOON 2: DIRT ROAD HOME

Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B38165

English Summary/英文概要： 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 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 继《阿拉巴马之月》（ALABAMA MOON）结尾再度被捕，14岁的寒二•米歇尔（Hal Mitchell ）被送进海伦威勒教管所。他只要几个月不惹事，就可以出来。但是，在海伦威勒这样的是非之地，他越不想惹事，就越有人想要拉他下水。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：2006年作者沃特•奇的成年处女作《阿拉巴马之月》（ALABAMA MOON）大获成功，博取了纽约时报、每周出版人等报刊杂志的一致好评，赢得了一系列包括家长之选奖的奖项，同时还被翻拍成了动画大片。作者笔下的丛林生活以及逃亡生活深深地抓住了成人和儿童的心，已售罄逾10万册。

Point Clear author Watt Key hit it out of the park with his 2006 debut young adult novel, “Alabama Moon.” The book got rave reviews from outlets like The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, won a rucksack of prizes including a Parents’ Choice Award, and has just been made into a major motion picture starring John Goodman, Jimmy Bennett and Clint Howard. Key’s convincing portrayal of life in the woods and on the run seemed to captivate adults as well as kids, and to date the book has sold over 100,000 copies.
shortlisted for a Cybil YA Award! - Marianne Merola 2011-1-24

About the Author/作者介绍： 《浪子回头》（Dirt Road Home）依然围绕的是14岁的寒二•米歇尔（Hal Mitchell）在上部小说中逃跑以后的命运。他被送进了类似劳教所的海伦威勒，在那里每个人都被分成了敌对的帮派。他尽量不惹事以备他的律师可以说服法官让他离开这里。然而，悲剧寒二。初来乍到，教官就把丑话放在面前了。警卫从来睁一只眼闭一只眼或者干脆视而不见听而不闻。这里面的人都不是省油的灯。来到这里，就只有接受现实，越快适应越好。
寒二第一天进来就要挑选加入哪个帮派。要生存就得联盟，保持中立是不可以的。唯一中立的只有一个叫卡布斯（Caboose）的大块头神秘人物，他整天呆在自己的区域，从不与他人讲话。生活在刻薄暴力之下，寒二对于自己的处境叫苦不迭，追悔莫及。但是，有一个墨西哥人告诉寒二他们真正的敌人其实是教官和警卫。
本书必将大获成功，同时打破作者只是昙花一现的谣言。

“Dirt Road Home” follows the fortunes of 14-year-old Hal Mitchell, who briefly ran with Moon in the earlier novel. Petty thievery lands him in the dreaded Hellenweiler Boys Home (Is this a play on Tutwiler?), where almost everybody is divided between rival gangs — the Hounds and the Ministers. Hal is determined to stay out of trouble, however, and does everything in his power to steer a neutral course until his lawyer can convince the judge that he doesn’t belong there.
Unfortunately for Hal, the men running the institution are of no help. Guards turn a blind eye or disappear at inopportune moments. When he first arrives, the superintendent, Mr. Fraley, puts the situation in stark terms. “You see,” Fraley explains, “they tell me to educate the boys. To reform them. But this is just political talk to our fine citizens. Feel-good talk, if you will. In reality, this place is a sort of human landfill that you hide on the outside of town. It’s nothing more than a kennel for dogs that have no hope of being chained. This may sound harsh, but it is simply a reality that you must learn to face. The sooner, the better.”
During his first days inside, Hal is given a brief grace period to choose which gang he will join. Staying neutral is not an option. Survival is virtually impossible without allies. The only neutral figure in the facility, a brooding giant called Caboose, is an enigma who doesn’t speak to anyone and hugs his own section of fence all day.
Surrounded by meanness and violence, frustrated at having to choose one side or the other, Hal curses the aridity and futility of his situation, “the biggest waste of anger and time and life I could imagine.” But there are others who see a larger picture, equally senseless. Paco, the Mexican leader of the Ministers and something of a prison philosopher, tells Hal who the real enemies are. “You see, it is not the Hounds and the Ministers you should be afraid of. They are simply cowards at their little games. They have no real power. It is the people who make them what they are. It is the adults here. Mr. Fraley and his guards.”
“Dirt Road Home” is a great read and, lest the foregoing raise fears to the contrary, age-appropriate. But, just like “Alabama Moon,” it should also appeal to adults. Overall, it’s resounding proof that Watt Key is no one-hit wonder.

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