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Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

Al Capone does my shirts / Gennifer Choldenko.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2004]

©2004

228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

600 Lexile.

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.

Sequel: Al Capone shines my shoes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-228).

Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.5 7.0 74909.

Newbery Honer Book, 2005.

Devil's Island -- Errand boy -- Trick monkey -- American laugh-nosed beet -- Murderers darn my socks -- Sucker -- Big for seventh grade -- Prison guy plays ball -- Nice little church boy -- Not ready -- The best in the country -- What about the electric chair? -- One-woman commando unit -- Al Capone's baseball -- Looking for Scarface -- Capone washed your shirts -- Baseball on Tuesday -- Not on my team -- Daddy's little Miss -- Warning -- It never rains on Monday -- Al Capone's Mama -- She's not cute -- Like a regular sister -- My gap -- Convict baseball -- Idiot -- Tall for her age -- Convict choir boy -- Eye -- My dad -- The button box -- The sun and the moon -- Happy birthday -- The truth -- Waiting -- Carrie Kelly -- What happened? -- The warden -- Al Capone does my shirts.

Newbery honor book ; 2005

Newbery honor book ; 2005.

United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction.

United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Fiction.

Autism -- Fiction.

Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Fiction.

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