![]() ![]() In an attempt to gain acceptance, Moose hangs around the prisoners' rec center in hopes of finding a stray baseball for use in games with the other kids. When the scheme flops and the Warden receives word of it, the children are punished and have to find a new way to spend their time. Piper talks him into being part of her money-making schemes, like having inmates on the island do laundry for the kids at school. ![]() Moose becomes friends with the warden's daughter, Piper, a girl he clearly likes, who regularly gets into trouble in her attempts to earn money to get off of Alcatraz. It has three sequels, Al Capone Shines My Shoes, Al Capone Does My Homework, and Al Capone Throws Me a Curve. The book was named as a Newbery Honor selection and in 2007 it received the California Young Reader Medal. ![]() The move was caused by the father's new job positions as an electrician and as a guard in the well known Alcatraz prison. ![]() In this story, Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island. Newbery Honor selection, California Young Reader Medal in 2007Īl Capone Does My Shirts is a historical fiction novel for young adults by author Gennifer Choldenko. Alcatraz Island, near San Francisco in 1935 ![]()
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