Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians.

Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them!...by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness.


This was such a funny book. In the introduction, Brandon says that a Librarian will never recommend this title to you. But, it has happened. The book was good and there is a whole series of it.

I still think about this everytime I am late anywhere. Do I have a talent to being late? What a great unexpected hero. Who is your favorite unexpected hero?