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Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Young Adult | Series: Al Capone at Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island in the 1930s isn't the most normal place to grow up, but it's home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose's dad gets promoted to Associate Warden, despite being an unlikely candidate, it's a big deal. But the cons have a point sys ...Show more
Al Capone Does My Homework (Tales from Alcatraz #3) by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's | Series: Tales from Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island in the 1930s isn't the most normal place to grow up, but it's home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose's dad gets promoted to Associate Warden, despite being an unlikely candidate, it's a big deal. But the cons have a point sys ...Show more
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Tales from Alcatraz Ser.
Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And there are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cook's or d ...Show more
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz #1) by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's | Series: Tales from Alcatraz
When Moose Flanagan and his family move to Alcatraz Island, home to the prison and some well-known criminals, he is not hoping for much. But, with some ingenious plans and the help of his new friends, things get quite exciting for Moose - particularly when his sister Natalie gets involved.
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's | Series: Tales from Alcatraz Ser.
Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel to NEWBERY HONOR Al Capone Does My Shirts It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank ro ...Show more
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Tales from Alcatraz #2) by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's | Series: Tales from Alcatraz
Moose's sister has got a place in the perfect school on the mainland, one that will help her deal with her autism. But there is one hitch. She got the place with the help of Al Capone and now it's payback time. Soon Moose is caught up in a terrible cycle of secrets and favours that threatens to destabil ...Show more
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's | Series: Tales from Alcatraz Ser.
Moose Flanagan's father is the assistant warden of Alcatraz--the roughest hard-time prison in America--so he and his family live on the island. It's the summer before high school, and he is desperate to get on the baseball team. The problem? The captain will only let Moose and his best friend on if they ...Show more
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Picture Books
A story of kindness and finding a home. Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. When two dogs - and a mouse - embark on an adventure to find their forever homes, there is danger, cheese sandwiches, a charging station, and some une ...Show more
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Break by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Junior Fiction
Kirsten's world is crumbling. Her parents are barely speaking to each other and her 'best-friend' has fallen under the spell of queen bee, Brianna. For Walker the goal is simply to survive in the private school his mother has moved him to because she doesn't want him to mess up with most of the kids in ...Show more
No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Children's
After losing their house to foreclosure, three siblings - India, Finn and Mouse - have less than twenty-four hours to pack their belongings and fly, without their mother, to stay with an uncle in Colorado. But when they land, a mysterious driver meets them at the airport in a pink car adorned with feath ...Show more
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
Category: Childrens
Ant (short for Antonia) is sure she is adopted. She doesn't look anything like her mother or her sisters - or even her dad (who is away working too much). Ant's best friend is a boy called Harrison who draws chickens, and her dog Pistachio, a tiny ageing chihuahua, is her constant companion, but she fee ...Show more