Although they are of different in many ways, both the Alcatraz and Magic Tree House Series (by Mary Pope Osborne) share this aspect. For many younger readers this sort of humor is incredibly appealing, and therefore it is recommended that any readers who have enjoyed one of these series should read the other.Īnother appealing trait of the Alcatraz books is the brisk pace that Sanderson uses, combined with a plot that is heavily action-based. On this adventure, Alcatraz and his friends are also met by a new enemy-Kilimanjaro, a Scrivener’s Bone or a sect of the Evil Librarians who replace parts of their bodies with cyborg parts).Īll of the Alcatraz books feature a similar sort of wry humor, a humor which some might recall is also prevalent in books such as Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. In Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bone (2008), Alcatraz has to save his dad and Grandpa Smedry from the evil curators-who let you choose any book, but at the cost of your life!-of the Library of Alexandria, which (in their reality) was never burned and had been hid from the world by the Evil Librarians. Alcatraz a klutzy but well-intentioned boy-a fact shown rather well and immediately when, in Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, he accidentally gives the Evil Librarians-as their name suggests, a secret cult of evil librarians-precisely what they need to fulfill their plans for world domination.Īnd what is this mysteriously powerful thing? …A bag of sand. The center and namesake of the Alcatraz books is a young boy named Alcatraz Smedry. A CLUMSY MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENT TURNED HERO
In 2013, a Complete Alcatraz volume was released and is available for purchase, as are the other Alcatraz books, online or in-store at most major bookstores. Three more novels in the Alcatraz series have since followed-Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones (2008), Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009), and Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010)-and Sanderson has said that he doesn’t plan on writing any more. In October of 2007, Sanderson published his first novel for middle school-age children: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.
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His other books include the Mistborn trilogy, The Stormlight Archive series, The Rithmatist (2013), as well as being the chosen author to ghost write and finish the famous Wheel of Time series when Robert Jordan unfortunately and unexpectedly passed on. Sanderson has since continued the trend with a slew of more fantasy novels-some of them also epic fantasies, like Elantris, and others written for a younger audience, like the Alcatraz books. His book, Elantris, is a standalone epic fantasy novel that won the Romantic Times Award for the Best Epic Fantasy of 2005 and was also chosen by Barnes & Noble to be featured as the best fantasy/sci-fi book of the year. I went down that road myself with the Kingkiller Chronicles, which i enjoyed very much, but i may die before it is ever completed.Brandon Sanderson, born in December of 1975, was an aspiring author throughout his high school and college years, but it wasn’t until 2005 when he first became a published author. I do not want to start my kids on a series that might never be completed. I decided that possibly reddit might be more helpful. Is there going to be a 6th book, and if so, is there a schedule for when it might be released? I tried googling this and found a lot of nebulous and non-committal pieces of information. I've looked at Sanderson's web site and frankly, it's a bit hard to navigate or find information on. I'm concerned that the first 5 books have been out for a number of years, but reviews say the 5th book ends with a cliffhanger and it's been many years since it was written. It looks like something they would both love and might be a great series to start reading together as a family. I have a 12 year old daughter and and 8 year old son, and i've stumbled across Sanderson's Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians series. I've been reading fantasy since college in the late 70's, but i just finished the Mistborn Era 1 trilogy and i'm very impressed with his storytelling. I'm somewhat new to the Brandon Sanderson literary world.
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