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Al Capone Does My Shirts: Book Report
In the book Al Capone Does My Shirts, the setting is such an interesting and important topic! When Noah was on the steep and very slippery hill in the afternoon searching for baseballs for his friend Scout so Piper won't find the baseballs first the author gave a lot of detail. that spring warm day right after school Noah went to that steep and very slippery hill there were many rocks on the ground, there was also really long grass and a huge fence surrounding the whole

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