Title: Al Capone does my shirts
First published: 2004
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.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Fiction, Autism, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California, History, Family life, Historical fiction, Brothers and sisters of children with disabilities, Siblings, Families, Newbery Honor, Children's fiction, California, fiction, Autism, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Family life, fiction, Family, fiction, Siblings, fiction, award:Newbery_award, lexile:600, lexile_range:601-700, age:min:10, age:max:12, grade:min:5, grade:max:6, Hermanos, Familias problemáticas, Historia, Ficción juvenil, United States Penitentiary, Isla de Alcatraz, California, Autismo, Prisons, Large type books
Places: Alcatraz Island (Calif.), California