For 29 years from 1934 until 1963, Alcatraz Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay was one of America's most notorious prisons. It housed some very dangerous inmates. In 1935, a 12-year-old boy called Moose Flanagan moves to Alcatraz when his father gets a job there as a prison guard. Moose finds very little to be happy about with his new life away from his friends in southern California. His parents expect a lot from him because his sister is autistic and Moose has to give up a lot of his time to look after her. And, on Alcatraz, this becomes more difficult until an unexpected chance comes along that could well change Moose's life for the better. Al Capone does my Shirts is a brilliantly original and inventive book. We loved every page! AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS By Gennifer Choldenko Published by Bloomsbury ISBN 0 7475 6898 7
