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{{for\|Alcatraz Smedry\|the character\|pre=This article is about [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s series}} '''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]]. '''Alcatraz''' is a middle-grade series by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. Current books include [[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]], [[Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones]], [[Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia]], and [[Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens]]. The fifth and final book, Alcatraz Versus The Dark Talent, is planned to wrap up the series, now that [[Brandon]] owns the rights.{{qa ref\|836\|35\|Alcatraz rights\|date=2012-09-22}} Alcatraz Versus The Dark Talent is planned to be released in the summer of 2016. Books 1-4 will be re-released by Tor in the Winter of 2015/16 and the spring of 2016 with new art. {{url ref\|url=http://brandonsanderson.com/calamity-is-done/\|text=\|site=Brandon's Blog}} == 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}} {\| class='infobox bib' width=100% \|- class=title ! width=5% \| Year ! width=20% \| Title ! width=20% \| Order ! width=7.5% \| Length ! width=40% \| Notes ! width=7.5 \| Refs \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2007 \| ''[[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (book)\|Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]]'' \| #1 \| Novel \| \| \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2008 \| ''[[The Scrivener's Bones]]'' \| #2 \| Novel \| \| \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2009 \| ''[[The Knights of Crystallia]]'' \| #3 \| Novel \| \| \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2010 \| ''[[The Shattered Lens]]'' \| #4 \| Novel \| \| \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2016 \| ''[[The Dark Talent]]'' \| #5 \| Novel \| \| \|- class='alcatraz other' ! 2022 \| ''[[Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians]]'' \| #6 \| Novel \| Coauthored by [[Janci Patterson]] \| \|} 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 == {{CoverToC\|alcatraz}} ===Omnibus Covers=== <gallery heights=250px mode="packed"> 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 </gallery> == Publication == {{columns\| ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, Fall 2007)▼ ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE ~~SCRIVENER’S~~EVIL ~~BONES~~LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, ~~Fall~~2007; Tor, ~~2008~~2016) * ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE ~~KNIGHTS~~SCRIVENER’S ~~OF CRYSTALLIA~~BONES (Scholastic, ~~Fall~~2008; Tor, ~~2009~~2016) * ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE ~~SHATTERED~~KNIGHTS ~~LENS~~OF CRYSTALLIA (Scholastic, ~~Winter~~2009; Tor, ~~2010~~2016) ▲* ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE ~~EVIL~~SHATTERED ~~LIBRARIANS~~LENS (Scholastic, ~~Fall~~2010; Tor, ~~2007~~2016) * ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE DARK TALENT (Tor, 2016) Film rights for series under option to Dreamworks Audio rights (entire series) to Recorded Books Russian rights (Book #1) to EKSMO Spanish rights (Book #1) to Via Magna Thai rights (entire series) to Rueanpanya{{~~url~~ ref\|name=aa~~\|url=http://awfulagent.com/jabclients/sanderson\|text=Brandon's page\|site=Awful Agent~~}} }} == Awards == Book #1 Featured on Nancy Pearl’s NPR Morning Show Book #1 a Book Sense Winter 2007-2008 Children’s Pick 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~~Florida's Sunshine State Young ~~Reader’s~~Reader's Award.{{ref\|name=aa}} == Notes == <!-- <references/>▼ {{bws ref\|name=calamity\|calamity-is-done\|"Calamity is Done" blog post\|date=May 29th, 2015}} {{partial}}▼ {{qa ref\|836\|35\|Alcatraz rights\|date=2012-09-22}} --> ▲<references/> {{url ref\|name=aa\|url=https://awfulagent.com/jabclients/brandon-sanderson\|text=Brandon's page\|site=Awful Agent}} {{bws ref\|name=a6-reveal\|alcatraz-the-big-reveal\|Alcatraz: The Big Reveal\|date=2016-10-05}} </references> ▲{{meta/partial}} {{Alcatraz}} {{books}} [[category: series]] [[category: Alcatraz\| ]]