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Sanderson, Brandon

Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians

308 pp. | Scholastic | October, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-92550-1 $16.99
(2) 4-6 On his thirteenth birthday, orphan Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand. In short order he's visited by his long-lost grandfather and some evil librarians. Sanderson gleefully deconstructs his fictional world, including Alcatraz's self-conscious narration. For all its self-aware preciosity, this still stands as a happily action-packed romp, with just the right amount of repartee and a cliffhanger ending.
Reviewer: Vicky Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008

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