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A review by vegprincess
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
4.0
I enjoyed reading this and plan on reading the other two in the series: Al Capone Shines My Shoes and Al Capone does my homework. While this is obviously a work of fiction it is historically accurate. I find Alcatraz intersting and the fact that families lived on the island during the prison's existence absolutely fascinating.
The book's characters are fascinating as well. I loved the interaction between the protagonist, Mathew (a.k.a. Moose) and his sister, Natalie. Natalie is autistic so it was interesting to see how that was handled during 1935, the year in which the book takes place. The Warden's daughter, Piper, is a "little firecracker" and so I found the parts of the story that involved her to be fun.
The book's characters are fascinating as well. I loved the interaction between the protagonist, Mathew (a.k.a. Moose) and his sister, Natalie. Natalie is autistic so it was interesting to see how that was handled during 1935, the year in which the book takes place. The Warden's daughter, Piper, is a "little firecracker" and so I found the parts of the story that involved her to be fun.