Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Gennifer Choldenko feels like she was raised by her siblings, and she's really close with them now. In fact, these relationships are so important to her that she deliberately explores siblings in her books.
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Did you love Al Capone Does My Shirts? Well, then you're in luck: It's the first in a series of three books about Moose's life on the island he shares with Mr. Capone.
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Alcatraz opened its doors as a penitentiary (after being a military prison for decades) in 1934. In other words, in our book, Moose and his family are there are the prison's beginnings.
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