AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS
BY GENNIFER CHOLDENKO 

 
 
  • In which book does a character have an elaborate machine made of rocks, marbles, sticks and rubber bands? 

  • In which book does a character obsess over buttons? 

  • In which book does a character have an elaborate machine made of rocks, marbles, sticks and rubber bands? 

  • In which book does a character sit on a needlepoint brocade chair and count the stitches on the seat? 

  • In which book does a character use roller skates as transportation? 

  • In which book are baseballs collected? 

  • In which book are there row after row of dark windows all spooky quiet? 

  • In which book did a boy go to a new school and pass a note asking, "Do you play ball?" 

  • In which book did a boy play baseball and get a double play? 

  • In which book did a character fall in love with a convict? 

  • In which book did a character write a letter to a convict? 

  • In which book did a girl have autism? 

  • In which book did a person get stabbed with a knife made of old silverware? 

  • In which book does a character love to play baseball? 

  • In which book did kids charge 5 cents for people to have their shirts washed by criminals? 

  • In which book did someone live on an island with a prison? 

  • In which book do cons play baseball and sometimes hit one over the fence? 

  • In which book does a boy put on a clean shirt and finds a brown piece of paper in the sleeve? 

  • In which book does a character behave as if the character's nerves have been rotted and fallen apart the day of an interview? 

  • In which book does a character bring a truck to a squeaky halt and crank down the window? 

  • In which book does a character draw pictures of the moon phases? 

  • In which book does a character get a 'convict-felon treatment'? 

  • In which book does a character give a smile like the one when the parent of an obnoxious piano student asks how he is doing? 

  • In which book does a character love correcting people? 

  • In which book does a character peek out their front window and look up to see a little glass room lit bright in the dark night? 

  • In which book does a character say that all the kids have macaroni salad in their hair and wear their clothes inside out? 

  • In which book does a character sing silent night for a bunch of convicts? 

  • In which book does a character sit on the floor with another character, holding a pile of buttons in each hand? 

  • In which book does a character sit outside someone's room and cry for two straight hours? 

  • In which book does a character stare at their right hand like there is a movie playing on her palm and they just can't bear to pull themselves away? 

  • In which book does a character take off a green feathered hat as if they're staying for a while? 

  • In which book does a character wait for another character to tie their shoe before moving on? 

  • ● In which book does a character want to move somewhere like they want to have poison oak on their privates? 

  • In which book does a character wonder if something is jam or blood? 

  • In which book does a character clench his fists because he wants to give another character a pounding? 

  • In which book does a character's foot bob like the character's foot hurts? 

  • In which book does a girl come around the side of a building, flipping a flat yellow hat on a finger like a pizza? 

  • In which book does a person take a ship to school? 

  • In which book does it rain the entire month of February and half of March? 

  • In which book do the kids try to sneak in a prison but get caught by their mother? 

  • In which book is a baseball game moved to Tuesday? 

  • In which book is a character's bed a squeaky old army cot? 

  • In which book is a characters birthday Monday, May 27th, 1935 

  • In which book is a character’s second cousin making fun of the character's daughter? 

  • In which book is dinner made by convicts? 

  • In which book is there only one character that sticks to the rules of a warden? 

  • In which book was a character based on the author's sister? 

  • In which book are characters not allowed to wear bathing suits? 

  • In which book does a character drop a pink purse on another character's toe? 

  • In which book does a character say his uncle Dean said he has big football shoulders? 

  • In which book does a character’s father work as the warden? 

  • In which book does someone wake up to find another character stuffing extra clothes into their laundry? 

  • In which book does a character sleep with a baseball bat?

  • In what book does the character Bea Trixle make some manicotti?

  • In which book does a boy purposefully misread words while reading aloud from a book?

  • In what book is a character Scarface known for rubouts?

  • In what book does it mention a dinner party of death?

  • In what book does a boy write a letter asking someone to help his sister?