If you enjoy the ride, there's more where this book came from. So hop into the way back machine, and get ready for an up close and personal look at life in the 1930s… with Al Capone only a stone's throw away. This book is equal parts touching and treacherous, and the first in a series by Choldenko featuring Moose and his infamous criminal neighbor. And it's easy to see why-this book dives into both unusual and usual terrain at once, combining the unusual setting of living on Alcatraz Island while Al Capone's a prisoner there with the totally usual struggles of growing up, particularly with a sister who has some troubles of her own. Which is basically like the president of children's books giving you the seal of approval. And when we say acclaimed, we're talking by the Newbery Honor folks. He's living in a whole different kind of wilderness from his four-legged namesakes.Īl Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko, has been critically acclaimed since it was published in 2004.
Instead, he's just a kid trying to make it in the 1930s… with an autistic sister… and Al Capone for a neighbor. Forget everything you think you know about moose, because Moose Flanagan is neither covered in fur, nor does he have ridiculously long legs.
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