Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And there are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cook's or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. Plus, there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.words : 54478

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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz)

GENNIFER CHOLDENKO

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Ladybird Books Ltd

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2006

New York, New York State, 2006

Illustrated, 2006

其他

类型: 图书

出版日期: 2004

出版社: PUFFIN BOOKS

页码: 761

开本: 8.50

Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228).

topic: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California-Fiction; Autism-Fiction; Family problems-Fiction; Brothers and sisters-Fiction; Alcatraz Island (Calif.)-History-Fiction

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Part one
1.1. (p2) 1. Devil's Island
1.2. (p3) 2. Errand boy
1.3. (p4) 3. Trick monkey
1.4. (p5) 4. American laugh-nosed beet
1.5. (p6) 5. Murderers darn my socks
1.6. (p7) 6. Sucker
1.7. (p8) 7. Big for seventh grade
1.8. (p9) 8. Prison guy plays ball
1.9. (p10) 9. Nice little church boy
1.10. (p11) 10. Not ready
1.11. (p12) 11. The best in the country
1.12. (p13) 12. What about the electric chair?
1.13. (p14) 13. One-woman commando unit
1.14. (p15) 14. Al capone's baseball
1.15. (p16) 15. Looking for Scarface
1.16. (p17) 16. Capone washed your shirts
1.17. (p18) 17. Baseball on Tuesday
1.18. (p19) 18. Not on my team
1.19. (p20) 19. Daddy's little miss
1.20. (p21) 20. Warning
2. (p22) Part two
2.1. (p23) 21. It never ruins on Monday
2.2. (p24) 22. Al capone's mama
2.3. (p25) 23. She's not cute
2.4. (p26) 24. Like a regular sister
2.5. (p27) 25. My gap
2.6. (p28) 26. Convict baseball
2.7. (p29) 27. Idiot
2.8. (p30) 28. Tall for her age
2.9. (p31) 29. Convict choir boy
2.10. (p32) 30. Eye
2.11. (p33) 31. My dad
2.12. (p34) 32. The button box
3. (p35) Part three
3.1. (p36) 33. The sun and the moon
3.2. (p37) 34. Happy birthday
3.3. (p38) 35. The truth
3.4. (p39) 36. Waiting
3.5. (p40) 37. Carrie Kelly
3.6. (p41) 38. What happened?
3.7. (p42) 39. The warden
3.8. (p43) 40. Al capone does my shirts
4. (p44) Author's Note
5. (p45) Notes

theme: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California-Fiction; Autism-Fiction; Family problems-Fiction; Brothers and sisters-Fiction; Alcatraz Island (Calif.)-History-Fiction

The Newbery Honor Book and New York Times Bestseller that is historical fiction with a hint of mystery about living at Alcatraz not as a prisoner, but as a kid meeting some of the most famous criminals in our history. Al Capone Does My Shirts has become an instant classic for all kids to read! Today I moved to Alcatraz, a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cooks or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. And then there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.A Newbery Honor BookA New York Times BestsellerA People magazine'Best kid's Book'An ALA Book for Young AdultsAn ALA Notable BookA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Krikus Reviews Editor's ChoiceA San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Parents'Choice Silver Honor BookA New York Public Library'100 Titles for Reading and Sharing'SelectionA New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age•'Choldenko's pacing is exquisite.... [A] great read.'—Kirkus Reviews, starred review•'Exceptionally atmospheric, fast-paced and memorable!'—Publishers Weekly, starred review•'The story, told with humor and skill, will fascinate readers.'—School Library Journal, starred review'Al is the perfect novel for a young guy or moll who digs books by Gordon Korman, or Louis Sachar.'—Time Out New York for Kids'Funny situations and plot twists abound!'—People magazine'Heartstopping in some places, heartrending in others, and most of all, it is heartwarming.'—San Francisco Chronicle

<p><P>Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder. <P> When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away. <P> Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families, Choldenko's second novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the &ldquo;good boy&rdquo; stance he's taken his whole life.</p><h3>The Washington Post</h3><p>Natalie's story is an important thread, sensitively handled. But what stays in the mind is the teeming mini-society of the island, where guards' families really did live and where a kid really might have encountered Al Capone, an inmate at Alcatraz from 1934 to 1939. &#151; <i>Elizabeth Ward</i></p>

Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And there are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cook's or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. Plus, there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.
young adult,Childrens

Devil's Island
Errand boy
Trick monkey
American laugh-nosed beet
Murderers darn my socks
Sucker
Big for seventh grade
Prison guy plays ball
Nice little church boy
Not ready
The best in the country
What about the electric chair?
One-woman commando unit
Al Capone's baseball
Looking for Scarface
Capone washed your shirts
Baseball on Tuesday
Not on my team
Daddy's little Miss
Warning
It never rains on Monday
Al Capone's Mama
She's not cute
Like a regular sister
My gap
Convict baseball
Idiot
Tall for her age
Convict choir boy
Eye
My dad
The button box
The sun and the moon
Happy birthday
The truth
Waiting
Carrie Kelly
What happened?
The warden
Al Capone does my shirts.

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

2024-06-27