And that shows even in his books for younger audiences The Rithmatist was wildly creative, and Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians is as well, especially the magic system. He’s incredibly prolific and has the knack for developing unique magic in all of his books. As an author, as a worldbuilder, he really is phenomenal. Rating: 3/5 I need to preface this review by stating that I love Brandon Sanderson. Alcatraz must stop them!…by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness. The sand will give the evil Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination.

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 truth. But on his thirteenth birthday, he receives a bag of sand, and life takes a bizarre turn. Alcatraz Smedry doesn’t seem destined for anything but disaster. There's no way he could be back! The Dark Talent is the fifth book in this action-packed fantasy series for young readers.Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson, was published in 2007 by Scholastic. ) And now there's a rumor that the original evil Librarian, Biblioden, has been spotted, but that can't be true-he founded his dark cult centuries ago. But the Talents already destroyed one entire civilization, so he has to be stopped-even if I did accidentally break all the Talents during the battle. I already infiltrated one library, so a bigger one shouldn't be that hard, right? ( Help! ) My father has this crazy idea about giving everyone in the world the Smedry Talents, and he's convinced that ancient books in the Library of Congress hold the secret. The antidote is locked away in the heart of evil Librarian power-the Library of Congress. Well, this is the one where that actually happens, I promise! I managed to beat the evil Librarians attacking Mokia (it's not on the maps the Librarians let you see, so don't try to find it), but Bastille was hit by some kind of knockout ray and is in a coma. Sneaking into the evil Librarian cult HQ! So there I, Alcatraz Smedry, was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed-wait, you've heard that before? Oh yeah, I wrote it at the beginning of my first book. the Evil Librarians middle-grade series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. Now in paperback for the first time, featuring all new covers, the Alcatraz vs.

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