Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Does My Shirts

The year of 1917, congress passed the 18th amendment that made it illegal to produce, transport, and sell alcohol in the United States. This law didn’t become intact until 1920. Capone didn’t agree and continued to sell and produce alcohol. With this intention, he opened a secret bar in Chicago, where there was not only alcohol, but also drugs and prostitutes. This multi-million dollar business became huge and people saw Capone as the hero in Chicago until later, President Herbert Hoover commanded that Capone be arrested and charged. In 1931, he was arrested and charged with 22 counts of income tax evasion. Capone wound up at the scandalous prison, Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay. Two years later in 1933, the 18th amendment was repealed and Capone succeeded with his

She steals book bag and leaves. She runs away to a university. Alice asks a girl for a ride to get close to where the computer lab would be. When Alice final makes to the computer lab she realizes she needs a student ID but doesn’t have one. Luckliy a group of boys are walking down hall. When they finally reach her she asks if they could open the door for her since she “forgot to get hers”. She notices that one of the boys was familiar. Paul who use to go to her school, they had a short conversation but he didn’t recognize her.

Jessica is the new girl, while Alexia is popular and bratty. Peter is the class clown, while his friend Luke is the smart kid and a total nerd. Danielle is shy and has a hard time standing up for herself. Anna is an outcast because of her home situation, and Jeffery hates everything. Mr. Terupt is the new teacher who knows how to deal with them all. The class wanted to have a great year with their new favorite teacher, but then a playful joke turns into a possibly fatal freak accident. So, the kids grow very close to each other as they hold onto hope that their teacher will be okay.

Thesis: Alcatraz has been a popular social topic because of the mystery that surrounds it and the stories exaggerated in movies and television shows.

Coincidentally, after Moose sent that note, Natalie got into the Esther P. Marinoff and then had a note in his laundry that said “Done”. Then Natalie got on the dock and went to the Esther P. Marinoff School. Chapter 2: In chapter

Meet Melinda, She's is attending her first day of 9th grade at Merryweather High, And it did not go so well. All her old friends don't talk to her. Other students laugh at her. Rachel says she hates her. Melinda really wants to tell everything to Rachel, but she can’t speak. Melinda calls her English teacher Hairwoman, because she hides behind all her hair. Melinda's doesn’t like her Social Studies teacher, she calls him Mr. Neck. Lunch went pretty bad. She didn't have anybody to sit with because all her old friends are mad at her for what she did, then a guy hits Melinda with food and then she ran out of the lunchroom. Mr. Neck makes Melinda stop, and expects an answer but since she can't speak,she gets in trouble. After that, she had Art

Everyone in Welch doesn’t like newcomers. Jeannette and Brian were enrolled in schools there and Jeannette’s mom didn’t’ have any of their records from Phoenix so they go to the principal to talk and the principal asks them very simple questions to see their intelligence. However, it does not work out very well because of the accent of the principal. After trying to figure out what the principal was saying they end up in classes with other kids that have learning disabilities. The first day of fifth grade for Jeannette was terrible for her. Jeannette got beat up from a girl named Dinitia. Dinitia would bully Jeannette everyday. Jeannette knows that her mom and dad can’t help so she tries to befriend Dinitia. Jeannette then sees the good side of Dinitia, and tries to be friends with her. Jeannette then sees Dinitia scaring a dog away from a kid and Dinitia befriended Jeannette. Jeannette’s parents decide to go to Phoenix to get what they left behind. The first day Jeannette’s parent are gone Erma calls Brian so she can fix his pants. When Jeannette goes to check on them she sees Erma touching Brian’s private parts. Jeannette then screams that Erma is a pervert and Lori, who is now thirteen, starts screaming at her and fighting with her physically. Erma then locks them in the basement, which has a door to go outside, but they can’t go inside the house. When Jeannette’s parents come back Dad found out what happened to Brian. Dad acts very strangely, which made Jeannette wonder if Erma did that to him as a kid. Mom and dad’s car broke down on there way back to Phoenix so they had to take a bus back, and they couldn’t get back the stuff they left in Phoenix. Mom and Dad decide to buy their own house in Welch because of Erma. The house they bought was in the worst part of Welch. It had a leaking roof, three rooms, and no plumbing. After awhile there a bully named Ernie Goad makes fun of Jeannette for living in trash. The

It took time and persistence for Al Capone to become a leader, and to be considered the notorious criminal he was, and due with the guidance of Johnny Torrio, a mob leader in Chicago, Al Capone became the man he was set to be when came to Chicago. In the award-winning book “American Decades” it states “... in 1919 after the 18th amendment went into effect, bootlegging operations opened up and drew in immense wealth. In 1925, Torrio retired, and Capone became the crime czar of Chicago, running gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging rackets and expanding his territories by the gunning down of rivals, and rival gangs.” (Bondi).

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

Maya has a school assignment and needs to write about a person she would love to know better, she thinks about her biological parents but realizes that knows nothing about them. A.J and Amelia helped Maya figuring out a topic. Maya writes a figurative story about her mom, and her paper got elected for a story contest which she did not win. A.J feels disappointed, and wonders how she did not win. Lambianse dates with A.J's sister in law Ismay, and discovers that she had stolen Tamerlane. At the same time, A.J got to know that had developed a brain cancer that compromises his speaking ability. A.J got struck by the news and knew that had no money for the surgery, but Lambianse managed to convince Ismay returning Tamerlane anonymously. A.J

After her enemies, Max and Nola, stole her adopted son and staged his death, Kelsey quits the Miami police force and moves to Michigan, where she sets up a clothing resale store, The Changing Room. For two years, she uses the fortune she earns from the store to fund her under-the-radar investigations to try to find Nicholas; she also keeps her fighting skills sharp and her fitness level high to be ready to take on Max and Nola at any moment. Meanwhile, Kelsey meets a number of characters, many of them down-and-outs and a group of bikers. She employs her new friends and makeshift family at The Changing Room but guards her past from them. When it turns out that one of her friends, Lisa, is on the run from the mafia, Kelsey must decide whether she trusts her people enough with her past fears to work together with them to protect their friend. To Kelsey, saving Lisa means preventing another loss like the one she suffered when Max and Nola kidnapped Nicholas.

Gennifer Choldenko's Al Capone Does My Shirts is the story of Moose Flanagan adjusting to his new home, Alcatraz Island. This story is during the 1930’s, the time when Alcatraz was host to some of the most notorious criminals in history, such as Al Capone. Although there are may strict rules prohibiting the children from coming in contact with any of the prisoners, Moose meets and befriends many other children on the island, including Piper. Piper is the warden's daughter, yet she devises many crazy schemes to make money and entertain herself. Many of her schemes involve breaking the rules, and many fail. When mooses only friend wants a con baseball, he spends hours searching through the brush trying to find one. In this time, he finds, his

Pat starts to become uninterested in continuing with the dance competition, which makes Tiffany upset as she was looking forward to it. In order for Pat to dance in the competition, Tiffany and Pat’s parents lie and tell him that Nikki will be there. Soon after, Pat notices that the letters from “Nikki” were actually written by Tiffany, making him angry and confused as he was doing this all for her. A few days after, at the competition, to everyone’s surprise, Nikki did in fact attend the dance competition and Pat is excited to see her. Tiffany is upset that Nikki is there and is not sure if she wants to preform but Pat drags

Milo is reluctant and warns them not to grow attached because once it’s grown at the fair it will be fed to the judges. One day after Adam is given the task to take care of Henrietta he realizes he won’t have time to take her home before his hockey game. The South Middle School Rangers hockey team is 0-5 and in last place in the league. Adam brings her to the game and miraculously the Rangers win.

Activity Two: Students pretend to be the main character, Moose, from Al Capone Does My Shirts. Within the story, Moose writes a letter to Al Capone asking to help get his sister, Natalie, into the Esther P. Marinoff School, and she eventually does, with the suspected help of Mr. Capone. Students must write a letter back to Al Capone, as the character of Moose, thanking him for his part in getting Natalie into the school.