Julio Fulcar jr. Humanities Have you ever wondered what it was like to live on prison grounds with your dad being a guard and working all day , if you were, reading this book will give you a new perspective. This book is Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. The protagonist is Moose Flanagan, a 7th grader who lives on Alcatraz with his mom, dad and his sister, Natalie. I liked this book, I really did, for a couple of reasons, one reason is that Moose always gets into these funky and rather interesting situations with the people around him, even the prison mates. One situation is when Moose finds his sister sitting next to one of the inmates and some of these inmates haven’t seen a women in years so you can imagine how Moose would feel after seeing that. The book reminds me of the importance of family and how Moose needs his family to find the resolution to some of his problems. This book also reminds me that your friends can get you into some pretty sticky situations, especially the warden’s daughter, Piper. One way Piper gets Moose into trouble is when she and Moose make their classmates pay to get their clothes washed by some of the most notorious criminals in the U.S. This was against the rules, so while Moose was getting in trouble, Piper was sitting pretty not getting in trouble because she’s the warden’s daughter. So read Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, you might just like it.