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Product Identifiers

PublisherScholastic, Incorporated

ISBN-100439925525

ISBN-139780439925525

eBay Product ID (ePID)66167301

Product Key Features

Book TitleAlcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHumorous Stories, Fantasy & Magic, General, Books & Libraries

Publication Year2008

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorBrandon Sanderson

Book SeriesAlcatraz Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight7.7 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

ReviewsPraise for Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians:"Sanderson unexpectedly draws everything together in an extravagantly silly climax. Readers whose sense of humor runs toward the subversive will be instantly captivated. Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one (and then revved up on steroids), this nutty novel is also sure to win passionate fans." -Publishers Weekly, starred review"This is an excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. It's funny, exciting, and briskly paced. Best of all, the message it gives young readers is that a person's flaws- being late, breaking things, etc.-can sometimes turn into useful talents." -Nancy Pearl, National Public Radio"The conventional trappings of the middle-school fantasy get turned upside down in this zany novel. The adventures are engaging as well as silly. Readers who prefer fantasy with plenty of humor should enjoy entering Alcatraz's strange but amusing world." -School Library Journal

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromThird Grade

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisA hero with an incredible talent for breaking things. A life or death mission to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from the powerful secret network that rules the world the evil librarians. Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. But on his thirteenth birthday he receives a bag of sand and his life takes a bizarre turn. This is no ordinary bag of sand and it is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading misinformation and suppressing the truth. The sand will give the evil Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them all by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness., 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 klutziness., 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 klutziness.