I found lots of stuff that is not safe for school in this book. I will not thank my reading teacher. >:-(
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
(2005, Fiction - Historical Fiction, Written by Gennifer Choldenko)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 11. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
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updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–14
What to watch out for
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Violence & scariness :
What Parents Need to Know
About Al Capone Does My Shirts
Parents need to know that the publisher's Web site lists this as for ages 8 to adult, but the strong sexual subtext makes this more appropriate for older kids.
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Lives in FloridaI rate this title off for age 17 and give itI was forced to read this at school
- Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 7 and give it
bord!!!
i got really bord and i didn't have time 2 finish it. yawn!
Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 7 and give it@!Must read book!@
My class and I are reading this book we love it just love it we just got into part 2! Must read as describes in tittle but maybe not Greatest cause I have read better. :>
- Lives in KentuckyI rate this title on for age 10 and give it
i couldent finsh it
ok we had to read this and write a literary analysis about it and i failed because i couldent finsh it it was a terriable book. i only made it to chapter 26 and that was hard.
- Lives in MichiganI rate this title on for age 10 and give it
i liked it
moose and his family moved to Al Capone and his sister had to go to a school named Esther P.Marinoff.Moose gets to play baseball and he makes firends.His sister got kicker out of Esther P.Marinoff then moose write Mr.Prudy a letter then he lets Natalie back in
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