Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)

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Alcatraz is a middle-grade series by Brandon Sanderson. Current books include Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (book), The Scrivener's Bones, The Knights of Crystallia, and The Shattered Lens. The fifth and final book, The Dark Talent, is planned to wrap up the series, now that Brandon owns the rights.[1] 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 Feb 2016 (Books 1 and 2) and Apr 2016 (Books 3 and 4) with new art.[2]

Year Book Order Length Notes Refs
2007 Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians #1 Novel
2008 Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones #2 Novel
2009 Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia #3 Novel
2010 Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens #4 Novel
2016 Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent #5 Novel [3] [2]

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[4]

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.[4]

Notes

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  2. a b "Calamity is Done" blog post
    Brandon's website - May 29th, 2015#
  3. State of the Sanderson: December 2014
    Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2014#
  4. a b Brandon's page
    — Awful Agent #
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