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Al Capone does my shirts [electronic resource] / Gennifer Choldenko.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781429582339 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1429582332 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781440629631 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1440629633 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource : ill.
  • Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- 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 -- Button box -- Sun and the moon -- Happy birthday -- Truth -- Waiting -- Carrie Kelly -- What happened? -- Warden -- Al Capone does my shirts.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Autism > Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History > Fiction.
Autism > Fiction.
Family problems > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Boys & Men
20th Century
Siblings
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
Autism.
Brothers and sisters.
Dysfunctional families.
California > Alcatraz Island.
Genre: Juvenile materials.
Electronic books.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.

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Summary: 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.

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