Al+Capone+Does+My+Shirts

=__Al Capone Does My Shirts__= I think﻿ __﻿Al Capone ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Does My Shirts__ is the best book by that author.It has an exciting plot and made me﻿ want to read﻿ it all at once. Also, I think it is more heartwarming at the end than it's sequel.


 * Author: Gennifer Choldenko **
 * Genre: Historical Fiction **
 * Setting: Alcatraz Island, during Great Depression **
 * Main Characters: Moose Flanagan, Natalie Flanagan, Piper, Moose's parents **[[image:Al_Capone_does_my_shirts.jpg width="146" height="210" align="left"]]

**Summary of the Plot**

Al Capone Does My Shirts is about Moose Flanagan who moves to Alcatraz Island because his father got a job there as a guard and technician. They also moved there because they want to enroll Moose's sister, Natalie [who is autistic], to the Esther P. Marinoff School. When Moose explores Alcatraz he meets the warden's bossy daughter, Piper. When Natalie is rejected from the Esther P. Marinoff School, they've got to figure how to get Natalie back into the school.

At school, Piper makes Moose help her sell the Alcatraz Laundry Service where kids can have their clothes washed by Alcatraz's famous prisoners. When the warden finds out he almost gets Moose's dad fired. Then, Moose's mom thinks that if Natalie follows Moose wherever he goes it will help her autism so that she will be accepted at the school. That annoys Moose because now he can't play baseball after school.

When it's a few days before the interview for Natalie at the Esther P. Marinoff School, Moose wants to help Natalie gets accepted, even though she hasn't improved a lot. I think this part is the climax. Moose thinks that since Al Capone knows alot of people, he'll be able to help get Natalie into the school if Moose secretly writes a letter to him. Moose writes the letter and Piper helps him sneak it past security. When Natalie gets excepted into the school, Moose finds a note in his shirt that is washed by the prisoners that says 'done'. Moose finds out that maybe the prisoners at Alcatraz aren't all bad after all. = Evaluation =

I liked Al Capone Does My Shirts. It's setting is a place where most people don't really learn about very much and it was interesting to have a setting different than usual book settings. Also, it has a good problem and I had a hard time putting it down because I always wanted to know what happens next. I would recommend this book to anyone. =Links=

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Reviewed by Sarah Puzycki___