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Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
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Publisher's summary

Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never before—now with all new covers!

AN ANCIENT RIVALRY REAWAKENS.

Everything I’d known about the world was a lie.

On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, don’t ask), received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parents’ kitchen. It’s not my fault, things just break around me, I swear! I thought the sand was a joke until evil Librarians came to steal it. You’re probably thinking, “Librarians are nice people who recommend good books,” but that’s just what they want you to think! It turns out they’re actually a secret cabal keeping the truth from you—a hidden world filled with magical eyeglasses, talking dinosaurs, and knights with crystal swords! Or so my Grandpa Smedry claimed when he suddenly showed up to rescue me. So now I have to go with him to invade the local library and get that sand back, before it’s used to conquer the world. And Grandpa says how I keep breaking things is actually an amazing talent. There’s no way that can all be true, right? Will I ever make it back home alive?

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Critic reviews

“Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one (and then revved up on steroids).” (Publishers Weekly)

“An excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. Funny, exciting, and briskly paced.”(NPR)

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love it

i love this book it always has me cracking up. read it several times I am telling you to read the whole series

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Very different book. So much fun.

Really enjoyed the unique writing style and loved the reality tweaks. Awesome light read with much humour and fun twists.

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It was entertaining

I enjoyed this book very much. It was for young adults and so read quickly. But as an adult, I still really enjoyed it.

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Fun Mom and Son Time

My son is five and recently during a long car ride downstate we put this book on. It was so fun to listen to the questions he asked. "Mom, are we hushlanders?" "Where are the three kingdoms?" I know it is the free kingdoms, so does he, but he likes three kingdoms better. He is still trying to piece together if it is a fiction book or reality. Why spoil his fun and imagination. I am not going to tell.

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A fun first adventure!

This is definitely aimed at a younger audience, but as a fan of Brandon Sanderson, I couldn’t resist trying. I probably wont rush to listen to the sequels but I enjoyed the story and it did make me laugh throughout.

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Car Trip!!

Amazing the kiddos loved it on our vacation trip. can't wait to start next one.

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A solid 4.5 stars

There are some annoyances which are responsible for the loss of half a star which will bother adults but not kids. The good far outweighs the bad though. The writing is funny and self aware. The narration is quite good. The suspense and world building are very strong and there are some clever perspective shifts. It's not enough to make me continue the series, but it is enough to make me recommend the series to my kid.

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Fun for the whole family!

I purchased this book on a long distance drive for vacation! The kids both young 7 and old 14 and mom and dad enjoyed this book.

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better then i expected

this story had lots of books and turns. it wasn't at all what i expected, yet in not sure what i expected.

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Great but Not my fav in the series,

I think that it is a really good book but I maybe recommend the 2nd 4th 5th or6th

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