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Al Capone Does My Shirts he has to help Moose's family get his sister back into school. Within days, Natalie is accepted into a new branch of the Esther P. Marinoff School for older children. The next day Moose is getting ready for the day when he finds a note in the sleeve of his shirt with the word "done" underlined. It has three sequels, Al Capone Shines My Shoes (2011) and Al Capone Does My Homework (2014) and Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (2018). "Kirkus Review" gave the book a positive review, stating "Choldenko's pacing is exquisite, balancing the tense family dynamics alongside