Brianne B. (brianne) reviewed on 10/23/2006 + 69 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

A wonderful book, filled with tidbits of historical accuracies. this story is about a time in one boy's life, during which he was living on Alcatraz and attending school in San Francisco. Most of the story revolves around his internal conflicts with wanting to live a normal life, in a normal neighborhood, with a normal family, while having to make due with the reality of living on Alcatraz Island with some of that period's most infamous criminals, having a father who is a prison guard and caring for an autistic sister in the 1930s, when autism was still treated like a personal choice. Wonderful writing - written for young readers, but enjoyable for adults as well.

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