Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Brandon Sanderson

Feb 2016 · Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Book 1 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never before—now in paperback with all new covers!

AN ANCIENT RIVALRY REAWAKENS.

Everything I'd known about the world was a lie.

On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, don’t ask) received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parents’ kitchen. It’s not my fault, things just break around me, I swear!

I thought the sand was a joke until evil Librarians came to steal it. You’re probably thinking, “Librarians are nice people who recommend good books,” but that’s just what they want you to think! It turns out they’re actually a secret cult keeping the truth from you—a hidden world filled with magical eyeglasses, talking dinosaurs, and knights with crystal swords!

Or so my Grandpa Smedry claimed when he suddenly showed up to rescue me. So now I have to go with him to invade the local library and get that sand back, before it's used to conquer the world. And Grandpa says how I keep breaking things is actually an amazing talent. There’s no way that can all be true, right?

Will I ever make it back home alive?

"An excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. Funny, exciting, and briskly paced." —NPR

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Ratings and reviews

I love the witty jokes and thick sarcasm that comes in this story of an unexpected adventure. This book is fun for all ages, as I would recommend this from readers starting on bigger chapter books to older teens that need a book that isn't too large. Even an adult will laugh from Sanderson's brilliant sense of humor in these books.

I love the books so much it was so fun who you and I can't wait till the 5th come out beware you may be annoyed was Brandon Sanderson sense of humor lol

Just as great as I remember it being, Third time I've read it (the first two were in !!! Library's) ;)

About the author

BRANDON SANDERSON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rithmatist and Steelheart, both of which were selected for the American Library Association's Teens' Top Ten list. He's also written many popular and award-winning books for adults. His middle grade series, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, is now available in deluxe editions.