Al Capone Shines My Shoes |
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| Authors: | Choldenko, Gennifer |
| Topics: | Community, Family & Siblings |
| Lexile: | 620, |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | JUV039060, JUV016150, JUV039150 |
| ISBN: | 9781101155783, Related ISBNs: 0142417181, 0739380044, 0739380052, 0739380060, 0739380079 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 304, |
| Audience: | Children/juvenile |
It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank robbers too. And one of those cons has just done him a big favor.
You see, Moose has never met Al Capone, but a few weeks ago Moose wrote a letter to him asking him to use his influence to get his sister, Natalie, into a school she desperately needs in San Francisco. After Natalie got accepted, a note appeared in Moose?s freshly laundered shirt that said: Done.
As this book begins, Moose discovers a new note. This one says: Your turn. Is it really from Capone? What does it mean? Moose can't risk anything that might get his dad fired. But how can he ignore Al Capone?
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