An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children
The second book in this graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases
is a gripping account of an escape from Alcatraz, the infamous island
prison.
CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK
June 12, 1962
SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA
7:18 A.M.
A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken
inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man,
his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards
realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence
Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious
island prison.
This is the incredible true story of the daring and inventive escape and
a decades-long manhunt in a case that remains unsolved to this day.
Comics panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and
photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths
of all ages.
This entry in the Unsolved Case Files series is just as compelling as
the first book, Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet, which
Kirkus praised as "compulsively readable."