Moose tries to hide Natalie from the other children as he is embarrassed by and protective of her. Many kids that live on the island help Piper run the scheme, but they are eventually caught when a fellow classmate feels cheated. Piper exploits her position as daughter of the Warden to intimidate Moose into getting involved with a manipulative scheme-charging her classmates money to have their laundry done at the prison by the infamous real life gangster Al Capone.
On the island, Moose meets Piper Williams, the trouble-making daughter of the Warden of Alcatraz who also wants off Alcatraz Island and will stop at nothing to earn enough money to do so. Moose is very unhappy with the move away from Santa Monica.
The is Helen’s dream for Natalie, and it is her mission to have Natalie enrolled there in hopes of curing her condition and avoiding having to send her to a mental institution (a prevalent way of treating people on the autism spectrum at that time in history). Moose’s mother Helen dreams of Natalie going there. Marinoff School specializes in helping children with disabilities like Natalie’s. In nearby San Francisco, the exclusive private Esther P.
Narrator Moose (Matthew) Flanagan’s family makes the drastic move from Santa Monica, California, to Alcatraz Island for financial reasons: his father Cam takes a job as an electrician and guard because the Flanagans need the extra income to properly care for Moose’s older sister Natalie, who is on the autism spectrum.
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