Al Capone Does My Shirts (Al Capone at Alcatraz #1)
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- Synopsis
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Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here.
There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And there are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cooks or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. Plus, there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it.
The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.
A Newbery Honor Book
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 241 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781440629631
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780142403709
- Publisher:
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Date of Addition:
- 01/08/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Gennifer Choldenko
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.