Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz)

1935
I want to be on Alcatraz like I want poison oak on my private parts. But apparently nobody cares, because now I€m Moose Flanagan, Alcatraz Island Boy€“all so my sister can go to the Esther P. Marinoff School, where kids wear their clothes inside out and there isn€t a book in sight. Obedient Moose. I always do what I€m supposed to do.

When Moose€s family moves to Alcatraz Island so his father can work as a guard and his sister can attend a special school in San Francisco, he has to leave his friends behind. But it€s worth it, right? If his sister, Natalie, can get help, maybe his family will finally be normal.

But on Alcatraz his dad is so busy, he€s never around. His mom€s preoccupation with Natalie€s condition (today, it would be called autism) is even worse now that there€s no extended family to help. And of course, there€s never enough money.

When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the warden, he knows right off she€s trouble. But she€s also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents€ expectations and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.