Al Capone Does My Homework Author:Gennifer Choldenko Life as a guard's son on Alcatraz Island in 1936 crimes with its own set of problems, especially when your sister isn't like most sixteen-year-olds and your mother will do anything to prove otherwise. But for Moose Flanagan it's even more complicated when his dad gets promoted to associate warden -the number two post on the whole island. The c... more »ons have a point system for targeting prison employees -with wardens at the top -which means Moose's dad is now in real danger.
When a fire starts in the Flanagans' apartment, Moose's sister gets blamed, and Moose is determined to find the real culprit. If he doesn't, no one in Moose's family will be safe.
So Moose and his friends begin working on their own to crack the mystery of how the fire started. They're up against a creepy eyebrow-less prisoner, a world famous con man, and the island's crankiest guard. But maybe, with the help of a cockroach or two, they'll stay a step ahead of the warden's task force, which may or may not be committed to finding the truth.« less