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Al Capone throws me a curve, Gennifer Choldenko

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Al Capone throws me a curve

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Gennifer Choldenko

A tale from Alcatraz, 4

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

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

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