Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz)

I read this with my fourth graders, and they loved it! Great book for children with siblings or friends with special needs or really just any kid who's ready to make the jump to more novel like chapter books.

I purchased this book for my 11 year old dyslexic son. He read more fluently and was able to read aloud in his book group with more confidence. It's nice to have large print books that are developmentally appropriate instead of only baby books.

hands down 5 stars amazing story and great authors note . I like that it's a fiction book but describes things that are real I guess the genre would be realistic fiction and I also liked how characters were based on the authors family

I did not know that children and their families lived on Alcatraz. I did research and read and learned about Alcatraz after reading this book. I really enjoyed the story line and look forward to reading the next book.

My daughter bought these books for the 4th grade students at her school. The kids were listening to the teacher read this out loud and asked if they could have their own copy to follow along. It makes my old heart happy to think maybe this world isn't so bad and kids do still like to read actual books and not the internet.

The book was long, descriptive, interesting, and funny. Though I'm only nine, I found most of this book totally age appropriate. If you're looking for a nice, long book, I would highly consider this story. You'll find mean, funny, interesting, and engaged characters that are and will always keep you wondering about what they will do next. (This is now my favorite book!) I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading!

The book was long, descriptive, interesting, and funny. Though I'm only nine, I found most of this book totally age appropriate. If you're looking for a nice, long book, I would highly consider this story. You'll find mean, funny, interesting, and engaged characters that are and will always keep you wondering about what they will do next. (This is now my favorite book!) I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you for reading!

Al Capone does my shirts...order hardback but received paperback...
Al Capone shines my shoes....received hardback copy but no title or writing on cover of book, just blank and not what was pictured when I ordered!

The book was a very interesting book for Middle School Students to read. It encompassed some of the issues that that age of students would encounter and showed how a family can work things out together with a little outside help. Highly recommended.