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Gr 6-8 Readers who enjoyed "Al Capone Does My Shirts" (Putnam, 2004) will find this lively novel a worthy sequel. Most of the large cast has returned and, as in the previous book, the 1935 Alcatraz Island setting is well realized through glimpses of its infamous prison, inmates, and island life. The narrator is Moose Flanagan, whose father works as a prison guard. The 12-year-old baseball-loving boy is both naive and wise beyond his years. He loves Natalie, his developmentally disabled older sister, despite her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Choldenko delivers a crowd-pleasing sequel to her Newbery Honor-winning Al Capone Does My Shirts. With his autistic sister, Natalie, attending a special school in San Francisco, twelve-year-old Moose focuses on negotiating the constantly shifting friendships, crushes, and grudges among his friends at school and on Alcatraz, where he lives. The Alcatraz children maintain a titillated fascination with the convicts, most espec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Twelve-year-old Moose (<i>Al Capone Does My Shirts</i>) negotiates friendships, crushes, and grudges among his friends at sc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Well written and engaging, with fully realized characters. The families’ relationships are not always easy, but they are realistic and believable. Moose has a great narrative voice, and readers will empathize with his situati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More