Al Capone Does My Shirts: A Tale from Alcatraz is set during the Great Depression in 1935. It's about 12-year-old Moose Flanagan and his sister Natalie, who has autism. When their father gets a job as an electrician on Alcatraz, the family moves there and the siblings have to adjust to living on an island that houses some of the most dangerous criminals in the world!
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MATTHEW "MOOSE" FLANAGAN
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NATALIE FLANAGAN
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MR. FLANAGAN
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MRS. FLANAGAN
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PIPER WILLIAMS
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WARDEN WILLIAMS
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SCOUT
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THERESA MATTAMAN
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ANNIE BOMINI
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DR. CARRIE KELLY
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CONVICT 105 "ONION"
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AL CAPONE
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Al Capone Image: By United States Bureau of Prisons - http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/ig/Mafia-Mug-Shots/capone_al_4.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5526938