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'''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' is a juvenile fiction novel by [[Brandon Sanderson]], published in October 2007 by {{wp|Scholastic Press}}. The book is named after its main character, Alcatraz Smedry.

'''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' is a young teen 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.

 

The next day, however, an old man knocks on the door and claims to be his grandfather and tells Alcatraz that he has a special, but powerful talent for breaking things. He later finds out that there is a special force called the Librarians, whose purpose is to conquer the remaining Free Kingdomers and rule the world.

 

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 Polynesian cousin; and Quentin, another cousin. The Librarians include Shasta / Ms. Fletcher, Alcatraz's case worker, who turns out to also be Alcatraz's mother, and Radrian Blackburn, a Dark Oculator.

 

In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family, the Smedries, all are born with amazing talents that they use to combat the evil cult of librarians.

 

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.

 

Dreamworks Animation SKG acquired the film rights to '''''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians''''' in June 2008.<ref>[http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/650/Two-Super-Huge-Announcements! "Brandon Sanderson Blog: July 2, 2008"]</ref>

 

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