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The Shattered Lens

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
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Alcatraz Smedry is up against a whole army of Evil Librarians with only his friend Bastille, a few pairs of glasses, and an unlimited supply of exploding teddy bears to help him. This time, even Alcatraz’s extraordinary talent for breaking things may not be enough to defeat the army of Evil Librarians and their giant librarian robots.

©2010 Brandon Sanderson (P)2011 Recorded Books

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“As goofy randomness streamlines into compelling narration, even readers who don't find giant robots reason alone to pick up a book will be drawn into Alcatraz’s cohesive world, with its unique form of magic.”—Horn Book

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Can't wait until the final part

This was a far more engaging book than the prior one. There were some jokes which dragged out a bit but over all this is another solid entry to this series. I'm more than a little curious to experience the conclusion!

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In my opinion, this is one of the BEST books in existence. 💜I simply LOVE it!!!!💜

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WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!

best book ever, this book is legendary Alcatraz is so funny This has Magic, Lenses ,guns,special glass,super glass swords,& lots & lots of humor!😁😄😉

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Narrator

Ramon De Ocampo does a fantastic job of translating a book clearly written to be read in physical form into something that can be fully understood in audio form.

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Sanderson returns to form

Sanderson returns to form in this fourth installment of this YA series that nevertheless delighted this adult. The chapter riffing on Hamlet was worth the price of admission. Again, cannot say enough about the amazing narrator of the audio book, Ramon de Ocampo.

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Amazing action

This story was really good and I think the voices were really played . All of it ties in together

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Best Book Ever!

I really love this book!Ramon De Ocampo does an amazing job of doing the voices! My favorite character is definitely Alcatraz but I like Bastille to!

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more fun with alcatraz

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Now that I understand more of how the books are going I enjoyed this more, plus my grandkids and I had a lot of fun conversations about it, which made it so much fun. It moved along well, kept me interested, humor was fun and creative, lots of teasers about what is coming, good fun listen

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I bought the book for my son, but I got sucked in

Alcatraz tells us he is going to lie and then I believe what he says anyways. He tries to convince me how terrible he truly is, but I still cheer him on. His relatives are wonderfully zany. I love all the asides and odd chapters the author throws in and the ending pages. Sanderson knows his audience. I read his Mistborn books first and knew my son would enjoy listening to these books. I am chuckling right along with him.
I'm off to buy the next book in this "trilogy" that is going on five books now, not that I am complaining. I will happily buy as many Alcatraz books as Sanderson is willing to write. They are that enjoyable.

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remember guys stop reading after this book

this was the last good book of the series. and I wouldn't push myself into the fifth. I wish I hadn't listened to the dark talent!
these books have generally been light-hearted and filled with random laughs, I enjoyed these books for that reason, which is why the fifth should be condemned.

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