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Al Capone Shines my Shoes

Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957- Book - 2009 Y Fiction / Choldenko, Gennifer 3 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.6 out of 5

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Call Number: Y Fiction / Choldenko, Gennifer
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.

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Great submitted by mysterio on June 18, 2011, 1:03pm I love this book!

Al capone submitted by chloeandrews on June 19, 2011, 11:40am Great book. A must read after you finish the first.

AWSOME submitted by lsfnewyork on July 30, 2011, 6:17pm AWSOME

good submitted by watermelon on July 8, 2012, 11:05am a good sequel, i wonder if theres a third??

Great read submitted by mjanen on July 22, 2014, 6:31pm Good story of life on Alcatraz and relationship of Moose to his quirky family.

Nice submitted by changlin73 on June 22, 2018, 11:14am Very interesting book

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PUBLISHED
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 274 p.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 620

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780803734609
0803734603

SUBJECTS
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Fiction.
Autism -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.