Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians Series
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Book 1 in the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians series
Pages: 240
Published: 2007
Age: 9+
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry gets a bag of sand in the mail – his only inheritance from his father and mother. He soon learns that this is no ordinary bag of sand. It is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading misinformation and suppressing truth. Alcatraz must stop them, using the only weapon he has: an incredible talent for breaking things.
Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians is the first adventure in a fantasy series for young readers by award-winning author Brandon Sanderson.
About the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians Series
Books in series order
- 1.Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians(2007)
- 2.The Scrivener's Bones(2008)
- 3.The Knights of Crystallia(2009)
- 4.The Shattered Lens(2010)
- 5.The Dark Talent(2016)
- 6.Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians(2022)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
A hero with an incredible talent... for breaking things.
A life-or-death mission... to rescue a bag of sand.
A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network... the evil Librarians.
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 klutzines.

