Al Capone Does My Shirts Study Guide

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Matthew "Moose" Flanagan

12-year-old boy, whose family moves to Alcatraz island from Santa Monica.

Natalie Flanagan

Moose's sister with autism. Attending a prestigious school for children with mental issues.

Cam Flanagan

Moose and Natalie's father. He works on the island as an electrician and a guard.

Helen Flanagan

Mother to Moose and Natalie. She works incredibly hard to have her daughter "cured" to be normal. Her mission is to avoid sending her daughter into a mental institution.

Piper Williams

The Warden's daughter. A determined young woman constantly inventing ways to make money off of her home, Alcatraz Island.

Warden Williams

The warden of Alcatraz. The strict power enforcer and Piper Williams's father.

Al Capone

A well-known convict and part of the money making scheme Piper Williams makes up. In real life, Capone was in Alcatraz from 1934 to 1939.

Theresa Mattaman

One of the classmates on the island and one of the few people who understand Natalie.

Jimmy Mattaman

Theresa's older brother, usually more to himself.

Scout McIlvey

One of Moose's few friends, they play in a baseball team together. Moose eventually tries to find a baseball hit by a con on the island.

Mr. Purdy

The head director of Esther P. Marinoff School.

Ms. Kelly

Natalie's private teacher who is helping her with her social skills.

Convict 105 "Onion"

The convict that Natalie starts to develop a relationship with that Moose fears is romantic. She refers to him as 105, his inmate number.

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