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Loading... Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz) (original 2004; edition 2004)by Gennifer Choldenko (Author)
Work InformationAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (2004)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. In the 1930s, Moose Flanagan moves with his family from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island, where his father has gotten a job as an electrician and a guard; the family moved, in part, in the hopes of Moose's sister Natalie getting into the Esther P. Maranoff school for disabled children. But Natalie doesn't get in, and she becomes Moose's responsibility after school when their mother goes to San Francisco to teach piano lessons. Moose loves Natalie and doesn't always agree with his mom about what's best for her; he's also frustrated that he isn't able to play baseball with his friends after school. There aren't many other kids his age on the island, and the one who is - Piper - is the warden's daughter. Piper is sweet-faced but full of schemes and mischief; ultimately, though, Moose takes a leaf out of Piper's book and sends a letter to Al Capone to ask for his help getting Natalie admitted to the school. Belongs to SeriesHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. No library descriptions found. |
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