Colonial Daily Life. Al Capone Does My Shirts. Twelve-year-old Moose Flannagan doesn't know how to feel about his new home.
Sure, it's neat to live right in San Francisco Bay, but the neighbors leave something to be desired. You see, Moose and his family live on Alcatraz Island, where Moose's father has a new job as electrician and prison guard. At school on the mainland, Moose is a bit of a misfit. Not only do the other guys think living on Alcatraz is a little weird, they also don't understand why Moose can't stay after school to play baseball.
Instead, Moose has to head home to watch his sister Natalie. Moose and Natalie discover a new kind of community among the several families who live on Alcatraz Island, including bossy seven-year-old Theresa and the warden's manipulative, sneaky (but also kind of cute) daughter Piper. Believe it or not, this novel's unusual setting is based on fact --- the families of Alcatraz prison guards actually did live on the island. History Files - Al Capone. Al Capone Al Capone is America's best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.
Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Al Capone's mug shot, 1931. (CHS DN-91508) Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. In 1918, Capone met an Irish girl named Mary "Mae" Coughlin at a dance. Alcatraz Facts & Figures. How big was the average cell?
Each cell in B & C block was 5 feet by 9 feet. Cells at Alcatraz had a small sink with cold running water, small sleeping cot, and a toilet. Most men could extend their arms and touch each wall within their cell. The cells in D Block (segregation) were more spacious, but still the least popular. In D-Block, inmates were confined to their cells 24-hours per days, with the exception of one visit per week to the recreation yard, and these visits were alone.
There were 336 cells in B & C Block. Were Alcatraz inmates allowed visitors? Yes. Where did the families of the guard staff live? At any given time, there were about 300 civilians living on Alcatraz that included both women and children. Do the inmates who were imprisoned at Alcatraz have anything good to say about the prison? Actually, yes. What did inmates dislike most about Alcatraz? For Kids - Alcatraz Island. A Chat with Author Gennifer Choldenko. Author Gennifer Choldenko is best known for her Al Capone series.
Her first book, Al Capone Does My Shirts, won a Newbery Award. Set in 1935, the book is about a boy whose father is a guard for Alcatraz Prison. The boy and the warden's daughter end up in hot water when they start a business in which school children pay to have their clothes washed by the prisoners. Kid Reporter Francesco Franzese poses with author Gennifer Choldenko Recently, Choldenko dared to tread new territory with her first fantasy novel, No Passengers Beyond This Point. TFK Kid Reporter Francesco Franzese chatted with Choldenko at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois, and discovered why she became an author, how she wrote her first novel and what she plans to write next.
Have you always wanted to become an author? I knew when I was in third grade that I wanted to become an author, but it took me a long time to muster the courage to pursue that dream. I read that you have a degree in illustration.