| Description |
1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
600 Lexile. |
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600L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.5 7 74909 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 3.5 7 74909 |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228). |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction.
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Fiction.
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United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. |
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Autism -- Fiction.
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Family problems -- Fiction.
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Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
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Autism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Autism. |
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Brothers and sisters. |
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Dysfunctional families. |
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Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Fiction.
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Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
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California -- Alcatraz Island. |
| Genre |
Juvenile materials. |
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957- Al Capone does my shirts New York : Puffin Books, 2006, c2004 0142403709 (NjBwBT)bl2006010829 (OCoLC)65399723 |
| ISBN |
9781440629631 : $23.97 |
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1440629633 : $23.97 |
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