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What is Natalie trick in Al Capone Does My Shirts?
Natalie walks painfully slow as they go to meet the boat. When the boat reaches San Francisco, Natalie refuses to move. Afraid she will have a tantrum or the boat will return to Alcatraz before they can get off, Moose tricks Natalie into moving by reading a books index incorrectly, distracting her. Chapter 5.
Who is Mrs Kelly in Al Capone Does My Shirts?
Carrie Kelly is Natalie’s therapist. She tries to bring Natalie out of herself and help her to interact with the outside world. It is Mrs. Kelly’s idea to have Moose hang out with her after school everyday.
What is Chapter 11 about in Al Capone Does My Shirts?
By Gennifer Choldenko Moose’s mom has a very blank reaction to the news, and since his dad can’t join her to get Natalie, Moose accompanies her. On the boat, Moose thinks about all the times that they’ve tried to help Natalie—she’s been through so many treatments and doctors who told them that they could help.
What happened in chapter 12 of Al Capone Does My Shirts?
Chapter 12. Piper again pushes Moose to join her laundry scheme, but Moose again refuses. Moose does, however, talk about the prison when pushed in front of other students at school. The next morning, Moose catches Piper putting some of the students’ laundry in his family’s laundry bag.
What does moose like in Al Capone Does My Shirts?
Moose Flanagan, the protagonist of the story, is big for his age and has brown/blonde hair and brown eyes. Moose is a normal seventh grader who loves to play baseball, and although he has an outgoing and witty personality, he worries about making friends at his new school.
How old is Natalie in Al Capone does my shirts?
At Natalie’s sixteenth birthday, Moose confronts his mother, insisting that they tell Natalie how old she really is. After serious reflection, Mrs. Flanagan realizes that all along Moose has had Natalie’s best interests in mind and that she should appreciate all that Moose has done for his sister.
What did Moose say about Natalie Flanagan in Al Capone does my shirts?
Moose even says that he thinks “sometimes Natalie is saner than” (23.47) than he is. While he gets really carried away by day-to-day events, Natalie continues on her course, totally unaffected. Moose comments: “in some ways she is very predictable, more like a clock than a human being” (25.28).
Who is Mr Purdy in Al Capone does my shirts?
After Moose returns home from school, he answers a call from the Esther P. Marinoff School. Mr. Purdy, the headmaster, informs Moose that his parents will need to pick Natalie up that evening because she is not settling in at all.
Why did cam not come in Al Capone does my shirts?
Cam cannot come because he has to work, and so Moose goes with his mother. Moose lists the many other ways they have tried to “figure out” Natalie: “heat treatments and before that the aluminum formula and before that UCLA” (64-65).