Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

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Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians
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Updated on 12-28-2008.

Features

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Audio CD

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books; Unabridged edition (October 1, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0545024692

ISBN-13: 978-0545024693

Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces ()

Product Description
Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them...by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness.

Alcatraz's ability to break things, he soon learns, is actually a Talent. Alcatraz must learn to use his Talent as he goes after the sands with a team of resistors, including Grandpa Smedry (Talent: "I have the ability to arrive late to things"...including arriving late to pain, or to his own death), Sing Smedry (Talent: "I can trip and fall to the ground"...avoiding injury in surprise attacks), Quentin Smedry (Talent: "I can say things that make absolutely no sense whatsoever"...if captured, he speaks nonsense instead of spilling secrets), and Bastille (a girl Alcatraz's age, who is a knight charged with protecting Grandpa Smedry. Bastille has no Talent, but she's got spunk, skill, and spark to spare). Together they must defeat a Dark Oculator and retrieve the magical lenses smelted from the sand, which allow Alcatraz to read The Forgotten Language, a previously indecipherable text--including a message from his long-lost father, who may not be dead after all...

About the Author
BRANDON SANDERSON is the author of the Mistborn trilogy and Elantris, which Orson Scott Card called “the finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years.” Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is Brandon’s first book for kids. He writes and plays with swords in Provo, Utah.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians (Hardcover) First off, I should say that in my mid twenties I am a little older than the target "reading level" of this book. However, that didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying every word of it. I am a big fan of Brandon Sanderson, and am glad to see that his writing skill can equally please readers of all ages. Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians is the most cleverly written book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The precisely written narration is what I enjoyed the most. Each chapter, Alcatraz (the narrator) breaks away from the story, to talk to the reader from the voice of the author. These little sections are filled with really clever tidbits that on many occasions had me laughing out loud. The story itself is entertaining as well. True to Sanderson's form, some of the characters have a special magical "talent" that they use in very creative ways. These talents are attributes that we might not normally see as an advantage, such as always arriving late, and tripping and falling in very dramatic ways. Sanderson also does a great job sheding new light on the world we live in by comparing it to a more advanced society where light bulbs are inferior to open flames (since lights can't set things on fire) and stairs are more advanced than elevators (because you get a work out climbing them). This is a book that I think any kid will love, with the parents enjoying it equally as much.

Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians
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Available from Amazon
Price: $16.71
Updated on 12-28-2008.