Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)

This article is about Brandon Sanderson's series. For the character, see Alcatraz 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. A fifth and final book is planned to wrap up the series, now that Brandon owns the rights.

Publication

• ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, Fall 2007)
• ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES (Scholastic, Fall 2008)
• ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF CRYSTALLIA (Scholastic, Fall 2009)
• ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SHATTERED LENS (Scholastic, Winter 2010)
• Film rights for series under option to Dreamworks
• Audio rights (entire series) to Recorded Books
• German rights (entire series) to Heyne
• Chinese rights (entire series; complex) to Crown
• French rights (Books #1-4) to Mango
• Portugese rights (Brazil; Books #1-2) to Saraiva
• Romanian rights (Book #1) to Editura Corint Junior
• Russian rights (Book #1) to EKSMO
• Spanish rights (Book #1) to Via Magna
• Thai rights (entire series) to Rueanpanya

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 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award.