Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko
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Book Reviews of Al Capone Does My Shirts
Book Review: Al Copone Does My Shrists
Summary: 4 Stars
The book Al Capone Does My Shirts is a very good. It is about a family during the Great Depression that has to move to Alcatraz. One of the main cartires Matthew (also known as Moose) Flanagan is trying to find time with his dad, who is a guard and a elutriation. Trying to deal with living on an island with the worst people in the world. Trying to get his autistic sister Natalie into school. Natalie is trying to get into a school for autism kids called Esther P. Marinoff. Moose's mom says that Natalie is only 10 years old when she is really 15. Piper the warren Daughter is trying to come up with these plans that Moose always gat in trouble for. When Moose's mom gets a job and screws up Mooses plans of baseball, he has to try and find a convict baseball that will fix his friend ship. While Moose is looking for the baseball Natalie meets convict, and convicts have not seen girls in years. After that Al Capone mom comes but everybody thinks she is bad. Will Natalie get into school? Is Moose ever going to get friends? Who is the convict? For answers read Al Capone Does My Shirts.Book Review: Al Copone Does My Shrists
Summary: 4 Stars
The book Al Capone Does My Shirts is a very good. It is about a family during the Great Depression that has to move to Alcatraz. One of the main cartires Matthew (also known as Moose) Flanagan is trying to find time with his dad, who is a guard and a elutriation. Trying to deal with living on an island with the worst people in the world. Trying to get his autistic sister Natalie into school. Natalie is trying to get into a school for autism kids called Esther P. Marinoff. Moose's mom says that Natalie is only 10 years old when she is really 15. Piper the warren Daughter is trying to come up with these plans that Moose always gat in trouble for. When Moose's mom gets a job and screws up Mooses plans of baseball, he has to try and find a convict baseball that will fix his friend ship. While Moose is looking for the baseball Natalie meets convict, and convicts have not seen girls in years. After that Al Capone mom comes but everybody thinks she is bad. Will Natalie get into school? Is Moose ever going to get friends? Who is the convict? For answers read Al Capone Does My Shirts.Book Review: "Onion" book
Summary: 4 Stars
I called this book an "onion" because there are so many different layers to it. There is the Alcatraz layer where the reader learns a little bit about the life of living on Alcatraz. There is the Autistic layer where the reader learns a little bit about autism. There is even a layer of a boy just trying to be a kid by having fun with his friends, but instead he learns about his family and himself. Each one of these layers make up this book. Just like each layer makes an onion.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I am a fourth grade teacher and I had to read this book while pursuing a master's in reading. I will admit that it sat in my class library a few years before I picked it up. I thought it was just going to be a "kids" book. But this truly interested me as even an adult. Although the reading level is at a high thrid grade or low fourth grade level, I do not think that this age has the background to understand this book. Fifth grade would be a better age. I look forward to using this for a classroom reading in the future.
Book Review: Al Capone Does My Shirts
Summary: 5 Stars
Moose Flanagan left his home, his school and his baseball team behind when his dad was hired as a guard on Alcatraz Island in 1935, prompting a move for the whole family. Moose's older sister, Natalie, is severely autistic, and his dad took the job to put them all closer to a program that claims to be able to "cure" her. Now Moose is working to make new friends, including the warden's daughter who has a knack for getting into trouble, and find his place in his family while coming to terms with his sister's illness.
Al Capone Does My Shirts takes us through the difficulty of being 12 and trying to fit into a new life while giving us a great glimpse of Alcatraz in the 1930s when infamous criminals like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly were residents on "The Rock." Moose's authentic voice is delightful to follow as he weaves his story and comes to terms with his new situation.
Book Review: A much needed dose of adventure for your boring life
Summary: 5 Stars
Moose Flanagan is a 7th grader in the year 1935, the great depression. Moose's dad was layed off from his old job as an electrician in Santa Monica. The only other job available is to be a prison guard on Alcatraz, which means moving to Alcatraz. Moose's sister, Natalie, is diagnosed with autism and is working with a woman named Carrie Kelly to get into a school for the mentally challenged, Esther P. Marinoff. For Natalie, life on Alcatraz is dangerous. Most of the criminals there haven't seen a woman in years so Moose needs to watch her 24/7. On Alcatraz Moose has to be careful also, he needs to stay away from Piper, a beautiful, scheming girl who is trying to get him in trouble with her dad, the Warden. Moose's mom, Mrs. Flanagan, is a piano teacher so when she and Mr. FLanagan aren't around, which is just about always, Moose has to watch Natalie very carefully, which he doesn't.