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'''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''', also referred to as '''Alcatraz''' or '''Alcatraz Versus''', is a middle-grade series by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It currently consists of 5 books told from the point of view of [[Alcatraz Smedry]], a young boy and heir to [[House Smedry]].

== Books ==

The first four books were originally published by [[Scholastic]], one a year between 2007 and 2010. Scholastic would only agree to publish the first four books, not wishing to publish a fifth book with the Big Reveal which would then lead to a concluding sixth book written by Alcatraz's bodyguard. Brandon bought back the rights to the series and sold them to [[Tor]], who agreed to publish all six books. The first four books were republished with new art during the first half of 2016. The fifth book, ''[[The Dark Talent]]'', was then published in September 2016.{{ref|name=a6-reveal}}

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! 2007

| ''[[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (book)|Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]]''

| #1

| Novel

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! 2008

| ''[[The Scrivener's Bones]]''

| #2

| Novel

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! 2009

| ''[[The Knights of Crystallia]]''

| #3

| Novel

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! 2010

| ''[[The Shattered Lens]]''

| #4

| Novel

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! 2016

| ''[[The Dark Talent]]''

| #5

| Novel

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! 2022

| ''[[Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians]]''

| #6

| Novel

| Coauthored by [[Janci Patterson]]

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The endnote to ''[[The Dark Talent]]'' includes a letter penned by [[Bastille]], in which she states that there would an additional book written from her perspective in order to tie up everything properly. The title for the final book is ''[[Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians]]''.{{ref|name=a6-reveal}} Brandon had some trouble getting Bastille's voice right, so he reached out to his long-time friend and former student, [[Janci Patterson]], who agreed to help with the book.{{wob ref|8860}} The book was released in September 2022.{{wob ref|15363}}

== Cover Gallery ==

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===Omnibus Covers===

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The Complete Alcatraz cover.jpg | ''The Complete Alcatraz'', a UK omnibus of the first two books

Alcatraz Omnibus FR.jpg | ''Alcatraz Smedry: L'Intégrale!'', a French omnibus of the first four books

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* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, 2007; Tor, 2016)

* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES (Scholastic, 2008; Tor, 2016)

* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF CRYSTALLIA (Scholastic, 2009; Tor, 2016)

* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SHATTERED LENS (Scholastic, 2010; Tor, 2016)

* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE DARK TALENT (Tor, 2016)

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*Book #1 nominated for Golden Sower Award, Nebraska’s Children’s Choice Book Award, Hawaii’s Nene Award, North Carolina’s Battle of the *Books, and Florida's Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.{{ref|name=aa}}

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