Tales from Alcatraz: Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Hardcover)

from jenniferthomp75

A great follow-up to the original. Moose, his sister and his friends are back for more adventures on Alcatraz in the 1930s. This book's plot is more complicated than the original and the characters stay true to form and are portrayed with more depth and insight. Moral dilemmas and romance play ke...

from Jordanlaine

I loved how the author used real life famous characters and events and tired them into a cute childrens book. In the authors note she talks about how she came up with the ideas for the book and they mostly came from people that lived on alcatraz so it was all true in a sense. This book also has e...

from JMBridger

In this young adult novel, by Gennifer Cholldenko, Moose is anxious that notorious gangster, Al Capone, who is locked up in Alcatraz will ask him for payback now that Moose's sister has been mysteriously been accepted into a special school. "Al Capone Shines my shoes" is the sequel to "Al Capone ...

from foggidawn

In this, the second book in the series, the story of life on Alcatraz continues. Moose faces the consequences of the decisions he made in the first book, and struggles to keep everyone around him happy. There's a lot of drama as friendships, family problems, and budding preteen romance threaten t...

from sweetiegherkin

The sequel to Al Capone Does My Shirts continues the adventures of 12-year-old Matthew "Moose" Flanagan and his friends, fellow children of Alcatraz Island guards. After Al Capone did a favor for Moose at the end of the first book, Moose gets a note in Capone's hand that says "your turn." After f...