Main Character Main Event

Moose Flanagan takes care of his sister Natalie because she has Autism.

Setting of the book

The book Al Capone Does My Shirts on the San Francisco bay in 1935.

Book Cover

Moose Flanagan 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.
        I did like it because it was about Alcatraz. The whole story surprised me because it tells me what would happen at Alcatraz in 1935.The book was good because it says a lot of things what happened in Alcatraz.
          

Book Name

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Gennifer Choldenko

 She was born on 1957 in Santa Monica California. She graduated from Brandeis University and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. After college, Gennifer got a job as a copywriter in a small ad agency. In the evenings, she took classes at Art Center Art College of Design in illustration. This eventually led to a full-time study of illustration at Art Center and Rhode Island School of Design. After RISD, she began to pursue children’s books with a vengeance.Right now she lives in San Francisco Bay Area.