Difference between revisions of "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)"

'''Alcatraz''' 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]].

 

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}}

 

 

The end-node 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 tentative title for this last book is ''[[The Worldspire|<s>Alcatraz</s> Bastille versus the Evil Librarians: The Worldspire]]''.{{ref|name=a6-reveal}} Brandon has stated that he isn't planning on writing it until after ''[[The Aztlanian]]''.{{ref|name=sots16}}

== Publication ==

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

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

*Spanish rights (Book #1) to Via Magna

*Thai rights (entire series) to Rueanpanya{{ref|name=aa}}

 

== Awards ==

*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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{{bws ref|name=calamity|calamity-is-done|"Calamity is Done" blog post|date=May 29th, 2015}}

 

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