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Al Capone does my shirts  Cover Image Book Book

Al Capone does my shirts / 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.

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  • ISBN: 9780399238611
  • ISBN: 0399238611
  • Physical Description: 228 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2004.

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Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 2005
Subject: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California > Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Honor Book > 2005.
Autism > Juvenile fiction.
Family crises > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) > History > Juvenile fiction.

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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