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Al Capone Does My Shirts     Grades 5-8
Newbery Honor Book for 2005. Moose's family move to Alcatraz where his father works as a prison guard and his mother hopes they can send there autistic daughter to a special school in San Francisco.  Each Novel Study contains an average of 65  pages and includes:

Suggestions for teaching the unit.
A vocabulary list
Comprehension questions
Activity cards for grammar
Creative writing
Word study
Research and integrated activities
Tracking and record sheets
Answer key.