Al Capone Does My Shirts
Ratings13
Average rating3.8
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Ratings13
Average rating3.8
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.
Series
2 primary booksTales from Alcatraz is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Gennifer Choldenko.
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The problem sometimes is that I fall so in love with a title, that the book cannot possibly compare. This is one of those books. It was good - a cute YA book about dealing with a sibling with severe autism. Alcatraz loosely features as a supporting character, mostly in cameo.
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