Al Capone Shines My Shoes
by Gennifer Choldenko • Book 2 of the Al Capone Series
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2009
Word Count 65,391
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 131868, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Capone, Al
- 20th century
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- History
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Brothers and sisters--Fiction
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island,
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Autism--Fiction
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California--Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Gennifer Choldenko about Al Capone Shines My Shoes
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 2
Meet-the-Author Recording with Gennifer Choldenko
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kirby Heyborne
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2010
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