Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (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.
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.[1]
| Year | Title | Order | Length | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians | #1 | Novel | ||
| 2008 | The Scrivener's Bones | #2 | Novel | ||
| 2009 | The Knights of Crystallia | #3 | Novel | ||
| 2010 | The Shattered Lens | #4 | Novel | ||
| 2016 | The Dark Talent | #5 | Novel | ||
| 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.[1] 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.[2] The book was released in September 2022.[3]
Cover Gallery
Omnibus Covers
The Complete Alcatraz, a UK omnibus of the first two books
Alcatraz Smedry: L'Intégrale!, a French omnibus of the first four books
Publication
- ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (Scholastic, 2007; Tor, 2016)
- ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES (Scholastic, 2008; Tor, 2016)
- ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE KNIGHTS OF CRYSTALLIA (Scholastic, 2009; Tor, 2016)
- ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SHATTERED LENS (Scholastic, 2010; Tor, 2016)
- ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE DARK TALENT (Tor, 2016)
- 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
- ↑ a b Alcatraz: The Big Reveal
— Brandon's website - 2016-10-05# - ↑ State of the Sanderson 2017
— Arcanum - 2017-12-19# - ↑ State of the Sanderson 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-12-20# - ↑ a b Brandon's page
— Awful Agent #