![]() ![]() Now 13, Moose Flanagan is gearing up to start high school, and he and Scout desperately want to make the baseball team but as freshmen, their odds are slim to none. Choldenko may throw readers for a curve by adding a fourth volume to her acclaimed A Tale from Alcatraz trilogy, but its quality is as reliable as ever. ![]() Potentially Sensitive Areas: Mild language Mild sexual themes Part of Series: Tales from Alcatraz (Book 4) Moose is worried: What will this mean for their family, especially for Natalie, who’s had some scary run-ins with prisoners? Then the unthinkable happens: Natalie winds up someplace she should never, ever go. In the cell house there are rumors that the cons will a strike, and that Moose’s father might step up to a new job. But he still needs to watch his special older sister, Natalie–and then the warden asks Moose to look after his two-faced, danger-loving daughter, Piper. It’s the summer before he starts high school, and Moose is going to play a lot of baseball and win a spot on the high school team. ![]() Moose Flanagan lives on a famous island in California: Alcatraz, home to some of the most dangerous prisoners in the United States in the 1930s. Return to Al Capone’s Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charming addition to the beloved series about the son of a prison guard. Al Capone Throws Me a Curve by Gennifer Choldenko. ![]()
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