I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. 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. 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. Today I moved to Alcatraz, a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. Al Capone Does My Shirts has become an instant classic for all kids to read! I am grateful that my son recognized this fact and noticed how it would have been so much easier on Moose if he took any number of opportunities to just tell the truth.Ī copy of this book was provided by Random House Kids for an honest review.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. Of course, Moose’s situations were made worse by the choices he made including lying to his parents. My son wanted to keep reading as he liked the prison part, which I found was too little in between all the baseball and situations Moose found himself in by not telling the truth. My son and I are not traditional sports fans so I found there was way too much baseball in this book. Piper”, the warden’s daughter who causes trouble whereever she goes. “Moose has to learn to stand up to people: his parents. In order to join the team, the captain requests something impossible to get from Alcatraz. In this book, it’s the summer before high school for Moose and he desperately wants to get on the school’s baseball team. Moose’s father is the assistant warden so he, his his sister Natalie, who is autistic, and their mother, who seems to have mental health issues, live on the island, riding the ferry to mainland to go to school. My son was interested in reading this book because it was about prison (great!), specifically Alcatraz when it held the infamous Al Capone, Prisoner No. If there is one thing I can say about Gennifer Choldenko‘s Al Capone Throws me a Curve, A Tale from Alcatraz ($22.99, Random House Kids) is that my 10-year-old son recognized the importance of telling the truth.Īt least that is what he kept shouting throughout the book as the main character, Moose Flanagan, makes what we believe is the wrong choice even if it was for the right reason.
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