false 6137155 2 Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel.<p> 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.<p> 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.<p> 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? 6533382 15 10 2009 Al Capone Shines My Shoes total:199|5:54|4:103|3:36|2:5|1:1| 199 801 484 76 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:09:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:11:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 10:45:04 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 10:51:42 -0700 2009 1 Al Capone Does My Shirts. Maybe because the fi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 15:29:12 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:30:12 -0700 2009 12-year-old Moose Flanagan lives, as those who have read Al Capone Does My Shirts will know, on Alcatraz Island, where his dad works. Al Capone seems to have done him a huge favor by somehow getting his autistic big sister Natalie into a special school, and now it’s payback time – Moose f...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:04:06 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:04:27 -0700 2009
Frankly, I expected to be disappointed, as sequels seem to be... well, blech. Not this one!

I am not sure how the author manages so well to make a protagonist of the gender opposite he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 13:10:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 13:18:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:55:57 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 10:47:01 -0700 2009 Al Capone Does My Shirts so much. While this was a very good effort, it wasn't quite perfect. It bothers me in the way that so many sequels do: It works fine if you take it on its own out of the context o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 16:34:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 18:32:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:33:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:09:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 18:29:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:55:04 -0700 2009 Al Capone Does My Shirts, which explains why my memory was fuzzy. I remembered a few basic plot points, and the general sense of historical fiction with plenty of appeal for both boys and girls. It's probably not necessary to read the books in order - Choldenko re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 12:37:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 18:21:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 05 08:10:11 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 01 17:37:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:28:53 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 14:24:43 -0700 2009 Al Capone Does My Shirts). Convict 85 (Al Capone) makes contact with 12-year-old Moose Flannagan again, setting off a chain of events that test Moose's allegiance to his family. It's quite possible that Capone ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:43:05 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 17:46:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:56:34 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:22:44 -0700 2009
Great openi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 12:43:20 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:43:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:30:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:30:39 -0700 2009 Al Capone Does My Shirts, Moose asked Al Capone for a favor - to get his sister Natalie into the Esther P. Marinoff School. Well, now Natalie is safely enrolled in her special school and all is well. Until Mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:17:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:58:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:41:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:13:29 -0700 2009
My favorite part about these two books is th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:58:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:58:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:22:47 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:31:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6137155