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Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

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 Alcatraz Smedry*
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A series of books geared toward young readers featuring the main character named Alcatraz Smedry.  This series is by Brandon Sanderson.

1) Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
2) Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
3) Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia
4) Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens
5) Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent
Copyright © 2008 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC
For Lauren, who somehow manages to be both the baby of the family and the most responsible one of us all
I am a liar.
May contain spoilers
(Did I mention that Bastille is dead?)
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I could see sweat on Australia’s face as she turned Dragonaut out of the way of the approaching fighter. I barely managed to stay on my feet as the ship dodged another missile.

I groaned, shaking my head. Kaz stood on a seat, hands leaning against the control dash, looking out the other eyeball. “Now this,” the short man proclaimed, “is more like it! It’s been ages since anyone shot missiles at me!”

Bastille gave him a harsh stare, then glanced toward me as I rushed up, grabbing a chair to steady myself.

Ahead, the fighter launched another missile.

I focused, trying to get my Talent to engage at a distance and destroy the jet like it did guns. Nothing happened.

Australia twisted Dragonaut just in time, throwing me to the side, my hands slipping free of the chair. That’s one problem with making everything out of glass. Handholds become rather difficult to maintain.

Bastille managed to stay up, but she had on her Warrior’s Lenses, which enhanced her physical abilities. Kaz didn’t have any Lenses on, but he seemed to have an excellent sense of balance.

I rubbed my head as the missile exploded off in the distance. “This shouldn’t be possible!” I said. “That jet has so many moving parts, my Talent should have been able to stop it easy.”

 

Added: 02-Nov-2018
Last Updated: 28-Oct-2024

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 16-Feb-2016
Starscape
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
16-Feb-2016
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$9.99
Pages*:
337
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Once
Internal ID:
1855
Publisher:
ISBN:
1-466-86554-7
ISBN-13:
978-1-466-86554-9
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Scott Brundage  - Cover Artist
Hayley Lazo - Illustrator
From amazon.com:

The Scrivener's Bones is the second action-packed fantasy adventure in the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for young readers by the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. These fast-paced and funny novels are now available in deluxe hardcover editions illustrated by Hayley Lazo.

In his second skirmish against the Evil Librarians who rule the world, Alcatraz and his ragtag crew of freedom fighters track Grandpa Smedry to the ancient and mysterious Library of Alexandria. Hushlanders—people who live in the Librarian-controlled lands of Canada, Europe, and the Americas—believe the Library was destroyed long ago. Free Kingdomers know the truth: the Library of Alexandria is still around, and it’s one of the most dangerous places on the planet. For it is the home of the scariest Librarians of them all: a secret sect of soul-stealing Scriveners. Can Alcatraz and his friends rescue Grandpa Smedry and make it out of there alive?

"In this original, hysterical homage to fantasy literature, Sanderson's first novel for youth recalls the best in Artemis Fowl and A Series of Unfortunate Events." —VOYA
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16-Feb-2016
Starscape
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 Brandon Sanderson
Birth: 19 Dec 1975 Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Notes:
From Rythm of War (Kindle edition):

BRANDON SANDERSON grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn® trilogy and its sequels, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning; the Stormlight Archive novels, The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, and Rhythm of War; and other novels, including The Rithmatist and Steelheart for young adults and the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for middle-grade readers. In 2013 he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® sequence.

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