Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Al Capone does my shirts /

Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

Al Capone does my shirts / - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2004. - 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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

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.

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.

0399238611

Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

2002031766


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


Autism--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Autism--Juvenile fiction.
Problem families--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.


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


Juvenile materials.

PZ7.C446265 / Al 2004

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