Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy (age 9 and up) Great books for boys since the main character is a thirteen year old boy.
About the First Book: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
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.
“Readers who prefer fantasy with plenty of humor should enjoy entering Alcatraz’s strange but amusing world.” -School Library Journal
These books are fun, fun, fun to read. They are high adventure and silly at the same time. It’s written in the quirky voice of the Alcatraz Smedry the thirteen-year-old protagonist. Each chapter starts with the narrator speaking directly to the reader and then plunges back into the fast-paced story. Brandon Sanderson is a masterful storyteller and this series is much more lighthearted than his adult fantasy books which are also amazing.
There are four books in the series. The fourth was just released Wednesday.
