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Title Al Capone does my shirts / Gennifer Choldenko.
Author Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957- author.
Publisher New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
Copyright ©2004
Description 228 pages : map ; 22 cm
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Note Published also by Puffin Books.
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Back cover.
"A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club selection"--Back cover.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographic references (pages [227]-228).
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 3.5 7 74909
Contents 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 -- 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 -- Button box -- Sun and the moon -- Happy birthday -- Truth -- Waiting -- Carrie Kelly -- What happened? -- Warden -- Al Capone does my shirts.
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.
Audience 600L Lexile
Ages 10 up.
Awards Newbery Medal, 2005.
Subject United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction.
Autism -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction.
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Reading (Middle school)
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Local subject Leveled reading level X.
ISBN 9780399238611
9780142403709
0399238611
9780439692373
0439692377
9780439674324
0439674328
STANDARD # 9780399238611 51699
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