Gennifer Choldenko
Teoksen Al Capone Does My Shirts tekijä
About the Author
Gennifer Choldenko was born in Santa Monica, California. Gennifer Choldenko is a Newbery Honor-winning American writer of popular books for children and adolescents. Her first novel, Notes From a Liar and Her Dog was named "Best Book of the Year" by School Library Journal and her second, Al Capone näytä lisää Does My Shirts, part of Al Capone on Alcatraz series, won the 2005 Newbery Honor citation. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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- Syntymäaika
- 1957-10-20
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Tiburon, California, USA - Koulutus
- Brandeis University
- Ammatit
- children's book author
writer - Agentti
- Elizabeth Harding (Curtis Brown)
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Found: Trapped in brainwashed city fiction, Name that Book (lokakuuta 2)
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The problem sometimes is that I fall so in love with a title, that the book cannot possibly compare. This is one of those books. It was good - a cute YA book about dealing with a sibling with severe autism. Alcatraz loosely features as a supporting character, mostly in cameo.
Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz Island, home of the famous prison where his Dad is a guard and where Al Capone is being held. Moose's sister, Natalie, has a condition that implies autism and their parents have had difficulty finding a school for her. in the first book of the series Moose asked Capone for help which leads to a clandestine correspondence continued in this story where Capone expects a return of the favour. Choldenko has created a terrific plot, fantastic characters and a wonderful glimpse of depression-era California.… (lisätietoja)
I love historical fiction that gives us a glimpse of portions of history we haven't heard a lot about. In this new adventure/mystery set in 1900 San Francisco, a medical mystery highlights the tension between Chinese Americans and white San Francisco residents. Issues of class, race, and gender are everywhere, not to mention the pretty scary state of medical knowledge at the time!
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Awards: Los Angeles Public Library FOCAL (Friends of Children and Literature) Award