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In the story Al Capone Does my Shirts Moose,Mom.Dad,Natilee have moved to Alcatraz because Moose’s dad got a job at Alcatraz.Also so Natile which is Moose’s sister that is thought to be Autistic can get into the Esther P Marinoff School.When Natalie Gets into the school she gets kicked out later on because of her age and because she didn't “Qualify”.Moose isn't happy about moving because cant see his friends.Moose plays baseball and collects convicts baseballs for fun.Moose is quiet scared of Alcatraz because it house’s the most dangerous criminal Al Capone Later Moose sends a letter to Al Capone to ask him a favor to pull some strings to get Nataile into the school again.The School opens up classes for older aged kids,it is thought that Al …show more content…

The author used Alcatraz as the setting,because they wanted to include something about Al Capone,so thought a book about Alcatraz would be perfect for the setting.The author also made alcatraz as the setting because it is such a well known place and the most well known prison in the U.S.A reason to becak this claim up is because the author seemed to know quite a bit about alcatraz to make a book about alcatraz really immerse you.The author knew quite a bit because most of the descriptions in the book are found in other sources. The author altered the setting by adding a baseball stadium.She altered the history by adding the characters Moose,Natalie,Piper,etc.The reason for the author altering the history is because she wanted to add a twist to the story.I think the author altered the setting to draw readers to the story more,because it's basically saying “hey this book isn't like the other

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