Al Capone Does My Shirts
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction.
Autism -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction.
Autism -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 6-9.
ISBN:
0399238611 (hc)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Choldenko | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Choldenko | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
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John Newbery Medal Honor, 2005.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
A Junior Library Guild selection.