Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Cover of Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson's first juvenile fiction novel.
Author Brandon Sanderson
Cover artist Marc Tauss
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Scholastic Press
Publication date October 1, 2007 (first edition, hardback)
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 320 pp (first edition, hardback
ISBN ISBN 0-439-92550-9 (first edition, hardback

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Libraians is a juvenile fiction novel by Brandon Sanderson, published in October 2007 by Scholastic Press. The book is named after its title character, Alcatraz, whose story bears striking similarities to Harry Potter.[who?]

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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is a young adult novel which tells the story of Alcatraz Smedry, a young teen who is always breaking things. After receiving a bag of sand for his thirteenth birthday, he stumbles into a strange set of events which begins with a group of librarians stealing his bag of sand, which turns out to be rather unusual sand.