Summary Of Al Capone Does My Shirts

“Al Capone does my shirts” is a book that talks about what life is like for Moose Flanagan on Alcatraz island. Furthermore, Moose has to juggle his friends, his autistic sister, and a wild life with school. Towards the middle of the story we meet Piper and throughout the whole book she is getting Moose and their friends into trouble and putting them in awful situations. We get a feeling that Piper is just not a decent friend to Moose or the other kids. To add on, Moose’s sister, Natalie, has autism and her sickness is not yet known about in 1935. Moose’s parents have been trying for years to attempt to put Natalie in a good school that will help her, but everyone tells her the same thing, she’s insane and she should be put in an institution. There was a ton of information in “ Al Capone does my shirts” that was real. For example, in a later chapter it talks about Al Capone's mother coming to visit and her corset setting off the metal detector. This whole event was true and truly happened. Also, In the story, it says that there were watch towers surrounding the prison and this

She also did it so that she could add details to the book. For example, she wouldn’t have been able to add the details of Natalie and her disease(autism) because it wouldn’t be relevant to the story. I assume she also might have changed the history so that she could add certain things to the book. When Piper, Moose, Teresa, and Jimmy lied to the other kids about where their clothes were being washed is a perfect example when the author altered the history so that the book was more catching. Later in the book this event got all of the kids in trouble and even though it wasn’t true and it didn’t happen it still made the book more hooking. Adding in details to a story or a book can grab the reader's attention and make them want to continue reading and this is what Gennifer Choldenko did with this