Moose decides to hang around the prisoners rec center trying to find a stray baseball just to help him fit in with the other kids on the island. Once the scheme flops and the Warden hears of it the children are punished and have to find a new hobby. One of her schemes was a criminal laundry service for the kids at school. Moose becomes friends with the wardens daughter that talks him into being part of her money making scheme. Moose's mother and Natalie's new psychologist(Mrs.Kelly) pushes Moose to take full care of Natalie and to take her everywhere he goes to help improve her social skills. Marinoff School, which was supposed to help her, but unfortunately, she's sent back home almost immediately because she's just not adjusting to the school. Due to his parents hectic work schedule Moose is left with almost full responsibility of his autistic older sister Natalie along with fitting into his new school. Flanagan believes this is the only way to help "cure" Natalie of her peculiarity and is doing her best to avoid sending Natalie to a mental institution. Moose's mother (Mrs.Flanagan) tries submitting Natalie (his sister) into this school called Esther P. Off the island there is a very prestigious school for children with mental illness.
The move was caused by the father's new job positions as an electrician and as a guard in the well known Alcatraz prison. In this story, Moose Flanagan, our narrator and his family move from Santa Monica to Alcatraz Island in the 1930s.
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