Al Capone does my shirts /
Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-
Al Capone does my shirts / Gennifer Choldenko. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2004. - 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Sequel: Al Capone shines my shoes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
600 Lexile.
Newbery Honor Book, 2005. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2005. Fleishman Humor Book Award, 2005
0399238611 9780399238611 9780142403709 0142403709
2002031766
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters of children with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Autism--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Al Capone does my shirts / Gennifer Choldenko. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2004. - 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Sequel: Al Capone shines my shoes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
600 Lexile.
Newbery Honor Book, 2005. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2005. Fleishman Humor Book Award, 2005
0399238611 9780399238611 9780142403709 0142403709
2002031766
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters of children with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Autism--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.