num_pages: 5
description: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
title: Al Capone Does My Shirts
titlecomplete: Al Capone Does My Shirts
characters: Al Capone
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Family, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Fiction
ratings_count: 43841
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: Recorded Books