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Summary
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. Full description
Summary: |
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. |
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Physical Description: |
228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Audience: |
6-9. |
Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
ISBN: |
9780399238611 (hc) 0399238611 (hc) 9780142403709 (pbk.) 0142403709 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Gennifer Choldenko is a Newbery Honor-winning American writer of popular books for children and adolescents. Her first novel, Notes From a Liar and Her Dog was named "Best Book of the Year" by School Library Journal and her second, Al Capone Does My Shirts, part of Al Capone on Alcatraz series, won the 2005 Newbery Honor citation. (Bowker Author Biography) |