
His search is a total failure, though, until he finds out Natalie's been making friends with one of the cons. Kid's got to keep himself amused somehow, after all. Moose starts hunting around outside the prison's rec center every day, though, hoping to find a stray baseball. Case in point: Piper starts a criminal laundry service for the kids at school, but the kids lose interest really fast.

Most of these schemes turn out to be flops. Piper devises all sorts of crazy schemes to keep them occupied, most of which involve breaking Rule Number 1: Don't talk to or about the prisoners. Moose makes friends with other kids on the island, including Piper, the warden's daughter.

The question is: What does one do with an older sister who needs constant supervision on an island infested with dangerous criminals? Which means that Moose becomes her caretaker. 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. He's also less than thrilled about having to keep an eye on his autistic sister, Natalie. Which seems like a totally legit reaction to this development. Moose is less than thrilled about being away from home, stuck on a cement rock where most of the population is behind bars. Moose Flanagan and his family move to Alcatraz-a tiny island off the coast of San Francisco that houses some of the country's most dangerous criminals.
