Al Capone throws me a curve, Gennifer Choldenko
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- Alcatraz Island (Calif) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Fictional Work
- Baseball stories
- Fiction
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
- Historical fiction
- Brothers and sisters + Fiction
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Juvenile fiction
- Alcatraz Island (Calif) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California -- Fiction
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Baseball + Fiction
- Autism -- Juvenile fiction
- Autism -- Fiction
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California
- Romans
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Label
Al Capone throws me a curve, Gennifer Choldenko
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Al Capone throws me a curve
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1001340370
Responsibility statement
Gennifer Choldenko
Series statement
A tale from Alcatraz, 4
Summary
Moose has his hands full during the summer of 1936 watching his autistic sister, Natalie, and the warden's daughter, Piper, and trying to get on a baseball team by proving he knows Al Capone
Table of contents
Potty-training snake -- The doormat rule -- My barber is a dead guy -- The biggest nosy Parker -- Whose side are you on? -- Trixle tricks -- The rule of silence -- Milk and cookies with Al Capone -- Dead fly pile -- What in the world is a Passerini? -- No kissing noises -- My skull is melting -- A guy with a purse -- I did worse in my day -- A shriveled heart -- The rules for being Natalie's brother -- Friend or fiend? -- The big stink -- Keeping my trap shut -- Trusting reptiles and other problems -- Eyes wide open -- The button ring -- Baseball, bea, and the bop -- The iron maiden -- A girl in the cell house -- You can't open a window in prison -- In the shadow of the wall -- The curveball -- Stolen laundry -- This is her home -- Mrs. Passerini -- Escape from Alcatraz
Target audience
pre adolescent
Incoming Resources
- Has instance3