Synopsis: Warning: Librarians do NOT want you to read this book. By reading this book you will be open to a world the Librarians do not want you to discover. This is the actual, factual narrative of a young hero named Alcatraz Smedry who receives a bag of sand for his 13th birthday. (Insert "I've got a jar of dirt" jokes here.) However, this is no ordinary sand but a very rare type that is valued above all else. Alcatraz, like any Smedry would, lets it get stolen by the Evil Librarians. Adventure ensues, thrusting young Alcatraz into the world of the free kingdoms, becoming a hero, and trying to find out for himself just who he is. (This is the secret that the Librarians are trying to keep from us the Hushlanders. Our world, The Hushlands, is filled with lies and is controlled by the librarians. Just FYI. Keep it to yourself, trust me you don't want Librarians to know that you know.)
Review: This book had my kids, my husband and me laughing out loud constantly. Of course, none of us should be surprised that Sanderson once again did an amazing job in writing a book. My entire family loved this book and we were sad to return it to the library. So sad, actually, that as soon as we got home we ordered the entire set from Amazon. Go get this book now; really, go get it. If you don't you should be flogged with a large fish by a Canadian Moose.
"Alcatraz actually knows a person named Brandon Sanderson. That man, however, is a fantasy writer- and is therefore prone to useless bouts of delusion in literary form. Alcatraz has it on good authority that Brandon is actually illiterate and dictates his thick, overly long fantasy tomes to his potted plant. Count Duku.
"It is widely assumed that Brandon went mad several years ago, but few people can tell because his writing is so strange anyway. He spends his time going to science fiction movies, eating popcorn and goat cheese (separately), and trying to warn people about the dangers of the Great Kitten Conspiracy.
"He has had his library card revoked on seventeen different occasions."
Rating: FIVE STARS ***** (This was, of course, unanimous because this is one of the best written and entertaining books any of us have read in a long time.)
