Al Capone does my shirts

Title
Al Capone does my shirts

Personal Author EPSB
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.

Year Published
2004

Physical Description
228 p. : ill. ;

Note (Local)
Young Reader's Choice 2007

Reading Grade level
6.5.

Grade Interest level
7-10

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 3.5 7.0 74909
 
Gr. 7+
 
ACCELERATED READER-YELLOW 7
 
10+

Awards
Newbery Honor Book, 2005

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

Subject
Autism -- Fiction.
 
Family problems -- Fiction.
 
Siblings -- Fiction.
 
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
 
Problem families -- Fiction.
 
Novel Study, Small Group Gr7
 
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Fiction.
 
Alcatraz Island -- History -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- 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.

ISBN
9780142403709

Publisher
New York : Puffin Books, c2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
StratfordF CHOBook30577000273053Fiction