Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone does my shirts

Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone does my shirts. Putnam, 2004 [0-399-23861-1]
It is 1935 and Moose's father gets a job at Alcatraz which means his entire family moves to the island. He has a sister who is autistic and the family is trying to get her into a private school. Meanwhile Moose has to watch her which cuts off his free time with his friends from school on the mainland. He has a few friends on the island. This 214 page book gives the reader an impression of what it must have been like to be a kid on Alcatraz intertwined with the challenges of a sister who is autistic. A well-written and readable story. It has some historical notes at the end. NOTE: this book was especially interesting to me because I just visited Alcatraz about a week ago.