Al Capone Does My Shirts and Al Capone Shines My Shoes

1.  Al Capone Does My Shirts   Genre - Historical Fiction
2.  Al Capone Shines My Shoes  Written by Gennifer Choldenko


     This book series of two starts out on the date of Friday, January 4, 1935.  These stories are told by the main character, Moose.  Each chapter is dated like it was a diary entry filled with thoughts and feelings.  These books were about fictional children who lived on Alcatraz Island with their parents.  Their dad's were the prison guards always on duty in case of the escapes of gangsters.  The most famous mob member in the prison was Al Capone.  Their lives get entwined with Al throughout the first book, even though they never really see him.  They also know the number of rule by the warden on Alcatraz, never to talk about the prisoners!  These books are filled with relatable characters, realistic facts about about Alcatraz Island, and visions of how it was in San Francisco, California, in the mid 1930's.