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{{book
|titlecover=Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Tor Hardcover.jpg
|released=October 1, 2007 <small>(Scholastic)</small>,<br />February 16, 2016 <small>(Tor)</small>
|cover=Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.jpeg▼
|cover-artist=[[Marc Tauss]]
|released=October 1, 2007
|series=[[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)]]
|sequel={{b|a2}}
|publisher=ScholasticTor Pressbooks
|ISBN=ISBN 978-0-4397653-925507894-91
|page-count=287
|word-count=[[/Statistical_analysis|58,233]]
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'''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' is a juvenile[[Wikipedia:Young adult fiction#Boundaries between children's, young_adult, and adult fiction|middle grade]] novel by [[Brandon Sanderson]],. publishedIt inis Octoberthe 2007first volume of the five-part series [[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)|Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]]. It was originally published by [[Wikipedia:Scholastic_Corporation|Scholastic]] in October, 2007. After TheBrandon bookbought isback namedthe afterrights itsto mainthe characterseries, Alcatrazit was published by [[Wikipedia:Tor_Books|Tor]] on February 16, Smedry2016.
 
== Plot summarySynopsis ==
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child [[Alcatraz Smedry]] receives a bag of [[Sands of Rashid|sand]] in the mail, an inheritance from his lost parents. When it is immediately stolen, he learns that it is no ordinary bag of sand. With it, the evil [[Librarian]]s who secretly rule the [[Hushlands]]--Librarian-controlled nations, such as the United States, Canada, and England--will finally overtake the [[Free Kingdoms]] as well. Alcatraz and his ragtag band of freedom fighters must stop them, once and for all.
 
== Summary ==
{{for|/Summary|a complete chapter by chapter summary}}
 
[[Alcatraz Smedry]] is an orphan boy with a propensity for breaking things. On this thirteenth birthday, he receives a package, purportedly from his parents, containing his inheritance: a bag of [[Sands of Rashid|sand]]. He also burns down his foster parents' prized kitchen.
 
His case worker, [[Ms. Fletcher]], arrives and informs Alcatraz that he will be placed in yet another home the next day. Unbeknownst to Alcatraz, she is actually a [[Librarian]] and has stolen the sand.
 
The next day, a loony old (but spry) man claiming to be his [[Leavenworth Smedry|grandfather]] shows up and asks about the sand. When he learns that a Librarian has stolen it, they hurry away to try to recover it. The sands are rare and can be forged into powerful [[Silimatic|Lenses]]. Alcatraz doesn't believe the man is his Grandpa, but he decides to go along with him after some guysomebody shows up and tries to shoot him.
 
Alcatraz meets two cousins, [[Sing Sing Smedry]] and [[Quentin Smedry]], who have the Talents of tripping and talking gibberish, respectively. AlactrazAlcatraz learns that his penchant for breaking things is actually a powerful Talent that he can learn to control. They all decide to infiltrate the evil Librarian fortress (the local library) to recover the sand. [[Bastille]], a [[Crystallia|CrystallinCrystin Knight]] about Alcatraz's age assigned to protect the Smedry'sSmedrys, is furious at such a reckless plan, but she has no choice but to follow along.
 
Sing creates a distraction by tripping and falling in the library, and the team heads into the employee entrance. They split up and search for the sands, but they are all eventually captured by the [[darkDark Oculator]] [[Radrian Blackburn]] and Ms. Fletcher. While Grandpa is tortured for information, Alcatraz and the rest of his crew escape from their prison and go to help. Fortunately, Grandpa is using his Talent of arriving late to postpone the pain and Quentin is just talking gibberish, so nothing has been revealed so far.
 
Alcatraz creates a distraction and rescues Grandpa, but Blackburn comes back, revealing that the Sands of Rashid have already been forged into Lenses. He and Grandpa have an [[Oculator]]'s duel, which Blackburn wins, but Alcatraz tricks Blackburn into using the Firebringer's Lenses on himself, allowing them to grab the Lenses of Rashid and escape.
 
== Main Characters ==
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The plot of the book revolves around the title character and a small group of freedom fighters operating against the cult of evil librarians that secretly rule the world. These freedom fighters include Alcatraz's grandfather, Leavenworth, usually just referred to as "Grandpa Smedry"; Bastille, Grandpa's bodyguard and a Crystin Knight; Sing Sing - Sing for short - Alcatraz's [[Mokia|Polynesian]] cousin; and Quentin, another cousin. The Librarians include Shasta Smedry/Ms. Fletcher, Alcatraz's case worker, who turns out to also be Alcatraz's mother, and Radrian Blackburn, a Dark Oculator.▼
 
▲The plot of the book revolves around the title character and a small group of freedom fighters operating against the cult of evil librariansLibrarians that secretly rule the world. These freedom fighters include Alcatraz's grandfather, Leavenworth, usually just referred to as "Grandpa Smedry"; Bastille, Grandpa's bodyguard and a Crystin Knight; Sing Sing - (Sing for short -), Alcatraz's [[Mokia|PolynesianMokian]] cousin; and Quentin, another cousin. The Librarians include Shasta Smedry/Ms. Fletcher, Alcatraz's case worker, who turns out to also be Alcatraz's mother, and Radrian Blackburn, a Dark Oculator.
== Smedry Talents ==▼
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In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family, the [[House Smedry|Smedrys]], all are born with amazing talents that they use to combat the evil cult of librarians.
 
== Setting ==
Alcatraz has the talent of breaking things.
▲=== Smedry Talents ===
▲{{for|Smedry Talent}}
In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family -- and those that marry into the family -- all have Talents that would normally be annoying and frustrating human weaknesses. For example, they include losing things, breaking things, being a bad dancer, and always arriving late. As the Smedrys gain control over their Talent, they can use them to great effect. For example, Alcatraz can break a gun pointed at him.
 
== Adaptations ==
Grandpa Smedry, Alcatraz's grandfather, has the power to arrive late to appointments. As such, he is always running behind the clock. But his power also allows him to arrive late to other things, like bullets, which always miss him, and his blood can arrive late to wounds so that he doesn't bleed to death. In his own words "I've been arriving late to my own death for years now."
=== Film ===
Dreamworks Animation SKG acquired the film rights to '''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' in June 2008.{{bwstweet ref|Two-Super-Huge-Announcements!22126792596787200|Brandon'sAlacatraz movie has seen better announcementdays|date=20082011-061-023}}▼
 
==Cover Art Gallery==▼
Sing, Alcatraz's cousin, has the talent of falling down at opportune moments. And, while it is admitted that this is less powerful than Alcatraz or Grandpa's talents, it allows Sing to make amazing diversions while the others slip by Librarian eyes undetected. Sing can also tell when danger is approaching by uncontrollably falling down.
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== Interior Art ==
Quentin, another cousin, has the talent to speak gibberish or nonsensical phrases. His talent was beneficial after being captured by the librarians, as they could not understand him and thus could not gain important information from him, even through torture. It was through some of Quentin's supposed gibberish that Alcatraz was prompted to know what do to in future events.
{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
 
== FilmStatistical AdaptationsAnalysis ==
{{for|/Statistical analysis|a full statistical analysis}}
▲Dreamworks Animation SKG acquired the film rights to '''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' in June 2008.{{bws ref|Two-Super-Huge-Announcements!|Brandon's announcement|date=2008-06-02}}
''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians'' consists of one foreword, twenty chapters, and one afterword, reaching a total 58,233 word count.
 
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! Page Count
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! Chapter Count
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