Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)

Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There's my sister, Natalie, except she doesn't count. And t…

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