I really enjoyed this book. I read it at the same time my sixth graders were reading Hatchet, so I shared with them in a compare/contrast how this boy, Moon, was prepared and knew so much about survival when Brian (in Hatchet) knew nothing in his predicament. Moon and his family moved out to a shelter in the woods when he was just a baby. First his mother died, and then when he was 10, his father died. His dad had taught him how to live off the land, how to track, how to read, but most importantly how to not get caught while living this alternative lifestyle. Turns out dad had been a soldier in Vietnam and the experience soured him against the government. He instructed Moon to make his way from Alabama to Alaska after his death, to find others who felt the same and lived off the grid. Moon gets caught and is hauled off to a juvenile detention center. He executes an escape plan, but he and two friends remain out in the woods determined to make it on their own. It looks like Moon is finally caught when things take a turn for the worse, and he has to reconcile his father's beliefs with his own new experiences. I really liked it and thought it was well written. Some minor language, but nothing a typical sixth grader hasn't heard before.