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Title:Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz #1)
Author:Gennifer Choldenko
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 225 pages
Published:April 20th 2006 by Puffin Books (first published January 1st 2004)
Categories:Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens
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Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And there are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cook's or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. Plus, there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.

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Original Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts
ISBN: 0142403709 (ISBN13: 9780142403709)
Edition Language: English
Series: Tales from Alcatraz #1
Characters: Al Capone
Setting: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California,1935(United States)
Literary Awards: Newbery Medal Nominee (2005), Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2005), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2006), John and Patricia Beatty Award (2005), California Young Readers Medal for Middle School/Junior High (2007) Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (2005), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2006)


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I was looking around on overdrive trying to find some cute MG books to read because I was just in the mood for something light and fun. I ran across Al Capone Does My Shirts and I had heard of it before and forgotten about it so decided to check it out.I am glad that I did because it was a really good read. Its 1935 and Moose Flanagan is twelve years old and his family is moving to Alcatraz Island because his father got a job working as an electrician/guard. Moose thinks this is going to be the

I did not like Al Capone Does My Shirts at all. I thought the plot was too unique to be believable. The characters had all the same traits and I thought the book was really slow. The only problem in the book was how Moose's sister, Natalie, had aspergers and was not being accepted to a special school to make her more socially comfortable. I could see the outcome of the book way before the ending. I did not enjoy this book at all. Overall, I gave Al Capone Does My Shirts one star.

I absolutely adore this book! Initially, I had to read it for a children's literature class two years ago, but I chose to pick it up again recently because I loved it so much. The story is about a young boy named Moose and his experiences growing up as a prison guard's son on Alcatraz during the 1930's. Moose's younger sister Natalie has special needs, and although her specific diagnosis is unknown, we as readers can assume that she is autistic. Moose's life is made even more interesting when he

Interesting setting (Alcatraz, 1930s) and unusual characters(boy with autistic sister), but I wouldn't have given this the Newbery honor book award.

Surprisingly upbeat for a book set in the Great Depression and dealing with the subject of autism. From the first paragraphs I realized that this was not the light-hearted, funny book that the title suggested. And yet it was a good wholesome read that left one feeling better rather than worse. This book walks the fine line between tense and funny and yet has heart. It should be a good recommendation for reluctant readers, particularly of the young male persuasion. Told from a young man's

I read this poolside during our SoCal vacation -- and I was pleasantly surprised. Moose's family moves to Alcatraz where his dad has taken a job as an electrician. He has a "younger" sister who has autism and the family is trying to get her into a special school. If you think about it there are so many parts of the story that are heart-wrenching . . . the author does an amazing job of making emotional connections with each character. You can see the grief cycle in each member: anger, denial,

With a name like Al Capone Does My Shirts, I was settled in for a good light read, not. Not that it isn't an easy read but there is pathos in this story of Moose Flannagan. Moose is the brother of a severely challenged sister, Natalie, who cannot function in society and is sometimes entombed in her own frightening world to the exclusion of even her family.Moose's father is a prison guard/electrician on the island of Alcatraz. His mother takes a boat to San Francisco most days to teach piano and