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Interview with Gennifer Choldenko at Mother Daughter Book Club.com; Q & A with Gennifer Choldenko by Publishers Weekly; KidsRead.com Author interview; Gennifer Choldenko at Library of Congress, with 12 library catalog records
Al Capone Does My Shirts is a historical fiction novel for young adults by the author Gennifer Choldenko.In the book, Moose Flanagan and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island when his father takes a new job as an electrician and a guard in the well-known Alcatraz prison.
The book was adapted into a stage play of the same name. [156] 2003 Lou Arrendale and his co-workers Speed of Dark: Elizabeth Moon USA [157] 2004 Ben Niets was alles wat hij zei (Nothing Was All He Said) Nic Balthazar Belgium: Adapted into the film Ben X (2007). [65] 2004 Natalie Flanagan Al Capone Does My Shirts: Gennifer Choldenko USA
Gennifer Choldenko – Al Capone Does My Shirts; Kate Christensen – The Epicure's Lament: A Novel; Stephen Clarke – A Year in the Merde; Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell [16] Wendy Coakley-Thompson – Back to Life; Suzanne Collins – Gregor the Overlander; J. J. Connolly – Layer Cake; Afua Cooper – The Hanging of ...
Al Capone Does My Shirts and its sequels are historical fiction young adult novels by Gennifer Choldenko, about a boy and his autistic sister living on Alcatraz Island; In Baccano!, the hitman Ladd Russo is imprisoned in 1932 and subsequently transferred to Alcatraz in 1934. The story arc "Alice in Jails" focuses on this and other inmates of ...
Winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the Golden Kite Award winners, honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, each category's winner wins a $2,500 grant cash prize, as well as $1,000 to donate to their chosen non-profit organization. [ 1 ]
From 1971 their works have been called Honor Books and they have received Newbery Honor citations. For articles about cited books see Category:Newbery Honor–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922. As few as zero and as many as eight runners-up have been named, but from 1938 there have been one to five annual Honors.
The novel focuses on Will Tuppence, a ninth grader and meticulous planner who loves stargazing and chess. He develops romantic feelings for his friend Mi-Su, who ends up preferring Will's other best friend, BT.