Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
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On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.
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Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson.
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Alcatraz Smedry is a troubled boy. He has no parents and, because he breaks nearly everything he touches, he is regularly being kicked out of his foster homes and transferred to new ones. The only constant adult in his life is his case worker. The bag of sand that Alcatraz receives on his 13th birthday as an inheritance from his dead parents further highlights the fact that nobody ever loved him.
But then a strange man shows up, claims to be his grandfather, and announces that Alcatraz is actually the hero of a land called the Free Kingdoms. He further explains that the land that Alcatraz knows of as America is run by evil librarians who control all knowledge, squelch technological developments, and lie to people about reality. It turns out, also, that Alcatraz???s predilection for breaking things isn???t really a curse, but is a magical ability. Grandpa Smedry introduces ... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/alcatraz-vs-the-evil-librarians/
I'm not the intended audience for this book, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Actually,it's the type of book I'd have loved in my childhood because it's fast paced, full of sarcasm, and it has the brilliance of Sanderson's plot.
