Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Copyright Date: 2024

Edition Date: 2024 Release Date: 09/03/24

Pages: 185 pages

ISBN: 1-338-85858-0

ISBN 13: 978-1-338-85858-7

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2024003491

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California. Juvenile fiction.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
Prisons. California. Alcatraz Island. Officials and employees. Juvenile fiction.
Escapes. California. Alcatraz Island. Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons. Juvenile fiction.
Prisons. Fiction.
Escapes. Fiction.
Fathers and sons. Fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.). Juvenile fiction.
Alcatraz Island (Calif.). Fiction.
California. History. 20th century. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 41,910

Reading Level: 4.9

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.9 / points: 6.0 / quiz: 551675 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 730L

"Nonstop action, real history, serious danger. You gotta read these books!" -Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee

May 1962

In the middle of San Francisco Bay looms Alcatraz, home to Americas most infamous prisoners. Also home to Chip Carter and his dad, who works at the high security prison. Their neighbors are former mobsters, gangsters, and murderers, but Chip finds it to be a pretty boring place to live. After all, the inmates cant hurt him--theyre locked up in an impenetrable fortress, surrounded by unforgiving waters.

Or are they?

Inmate AZ1441, aka the Watcher, has a plan to break out of Alcatraz. Its a genius plan hes concocted along with three other inmates. Foolproof. Or so he thought until one of the guards kids stumbles into the middle of it.

Chip is stunned. No one can break out of the Rock. Not unless they have an inside guy. Which it seems like they do ... Chips dad. They know Chips onto them, so if he wants to survive, hes going to have to make sure these men stay locked up. But first he has to figure out who is planning the prison break and just how deep into this deadly scheme his dad is. Because given what these men have done to end up in Alcatraz, theres no telling what theyll do to get out.