Al Capone Shines My Shoes
By Gennifer Choldenko
(Dial, Hardcover, 9780803734609, 288pp.)
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Compact Disc (September 8, 2009)
Categories: Historical - United States - 20th Century, Social Issues - General
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next ListMoose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel.
It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank robbers too. And one of those cons has just done him a big favor.
You see, Moose has never met Al Capone, but a few weeks ago Moose wrote a letter to him asking him to use his influence to get his sister, Natalie, into a school she desperately needs in San Francisco. After Natalie got accepted, a note appeared in Moose's freshly laundered shirt that said: Done.
As this book begins, Moose discovers a new note. This one says: Your turn. Is it really from Capone? What does it mean? Moose can't risk anything that might get his dad fired. But how can he ignore Al Capone?
Gennifer Choldenko lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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