Bibliograph

Type

Label

Al Capone does my shirts, Gennifer Choldenko

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

600, Lexile

resource.interestGradeLevel

6-9

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Al Capone does my shirts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50630554

Responsibility statement

Gennifer Choldenko

Series statement

Al Capone at Alcatraz, bk. 1

resource.studyProgramName

Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 4.7, 13.0, 36125.MG, 74909., Accelerated Reader AR, 3.5, 7.0.Accelerated Reader, Grades 5-8, 3.5, 7.0, SD, Quiz 74909, English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

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

Table Of 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 -- 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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification