The Shattered Lens

Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians Series

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Book 4 in the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians series

Pages: 336

Published: 2010

Age: 9+

Alcatraz Smedry, the boy with the incredible Talent for breaking things, has a lot to prove and little time in which to do it. In this adventure, Alcatraz faces an army of librarians – and their giant robots – as they battle to win the kingdom of Mokia.

If the librarians win the war, everything that Alcatraz has fought so hard for could end in disaster. Alcatraz must face the robots, the evil librarians, and even his own manipulative mother! But will he be able to save the kingdom of Mokia and the Free Kingdoms from the wrath of the librarians before everything comes crashing down?

About the Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians(2007)
  2. 2.The Scrivener's Bones(2008)
  3. 3.The Knights of Crystallia(2009)
  4. 4.The Shattered Lens(2010)
  5. 5.The Dark Talent(2016)
  6. 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.