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The Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

by Brandon Sanderson

A search for family in a fantasy world of dangerous libraries

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    #1 New York Times bestselling author

    Brandon Sanderson is described as a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

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A search for family in a fantasy world of dangerous libraries

Alcatraz Smedry’s second adventure takes him and an unusual group of relatives and companions into the Library of Alexandria. Their conflict with the Librarians and the Library’s ghostly Curators is tied to a personal goal: finding Alcatraz’s father. The premise combines a fantastical take on libraries with a family-centered quest, while continuing the larger struggle introduced in the first book. As the second volume in the series, it builds on that earlier conflict rather than setting up a standalone story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in fantasy adventures and imaginative library settings.
  • Those who enjoy stories combining family quests with conflicts against fantastical adversaries.
  • Readers who have started the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series.

Themes

Family and the search for a parentConflict with authorityFantasy libraries and books

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Book overview

#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn series Brandon Sanderson continues the epic adventure he began in Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

So now you've read all about me, Alcatraz Smedry, and how I was swept out of my life in your normal world and into the fight against the Librarians (jerks!). After being all heroic and stuff in that tale, I didn't expect to charge headlong into enemy territory: the Library of Alexandria, where I--and my grandpa and my grouchy bodyguard Bastille and her even grouchier mother and some weirdly gifted cousins--would face the Curators (ghosts who will gladly help you check out a book as long as you don't mind giving up your mortal soul) and some new nasty Librarians who hate our guts...and would be happy to rip them out for us.

But none of that comes close to the horror we would have to face if we succeeded in finding what we were searching for...

MY DAD! (DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!)

The Scrivener's Bones is the second book in this action-packed fantasy series for young readers.

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