How long does it take to read Al Capone Does My Shirts?
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko takes about 4 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 234 pages, about 64,350 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters, Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Fiction, Autism
