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Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school.  But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder.

When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble.  But she's also strangely irresistible.  All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble.  But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.

Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families.  Choldenko's second novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the "good boy" stance he's taken his whole life.

ISBN-13: 9780399238611

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Publication Date: 03-30-2004

Pages: 240

Product Dimensions: 5.75(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.84(d)

Age Range: 10 - 14 Years

Series: Tales from Alcatraz #1

Gennifer Choldenko is the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor Award-winning author of ten children's books, including Notes From a Liar and Her Dog, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, No Passengers Beyond this Point, Al Capone Does My Shirts, Al Capone Shines My Shoes, and Al Capone Does My Homework. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

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"Choldenko's pacing is exquisite. . . . [A] great read."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Table of Contents

Part 1
1. Devil's Island 3
2. Errand Boy 7
3. Trick Monkey 13
4. American Laugh-Nosed Beet 22
5. Murderers Darn My Socks 29
6. Sucker 35
7. Big for Seventh Grade 42
8. Prison Guy Plays Ball 48
9. Nice Little Church Boy 53
10. Not Ready 60
11. The Best in the Country 64
12. What About the Electric Chair? 71
13. One-Woman Commando Unit 80
14. Al Capone's Baseball 87
15. Looking for Scarface 90
16. Capone Washed Your Shirts 98
17. Baseball on Tuesday 103
18. Not on My Team 106
19. Daddy's Little Miss 109
20. Warning 117
Part 2
21. It Never Rains on Monday 125
22. Al Capone's Mama 130
23. She's not Cute 135
24. Like a Regular Sister 140
25. My Gap 143
26. Convict Baseball 147
27. Idiot 149
28. Tall for Her Age 154
29. Convict Choir Boy 159
30. Eye 165
31. My Dad 171
32. The Button Box 174
Part 3
33. The Sun and the Moon 179
34. Happy Birthday 186
35. The Truth 192
36. Waiting 195
37. Carrie Kelly 199
38. What happened? 205
39. The Warden 212
40. Al Capone Does My Shirts 215
Author's Note 217
Notes 227