num_pages: 248
description: Moose lives on Alcatraz Island, home to the notorious prison and the infamous gangster, Al Capone. But living right down the street from theives and murderers is not Moose's only problem. His Dad's always working and his mum expects him to look after his autistic sister, Natalie. And when Moose gets mixed up with Piper, the warden's daughter, he soon finds out that life on Alcatraz in far from straightforward.
language: English
title: Al Capone Does My Shirts hardcover educational edition
titlecomplete: Al Capone Does My Shirts hardcover educational edition (NEW LONGMAN LITERATURE 11-14)
characters: Al Capone
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ratings_count: 43846
places: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California
series: Tales from Alcatraz
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Sid Fleischman Humor Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: John and Patricia Beatty Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Longman