Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sandersonās laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never beforeānow with all new covers!
AN ANCIENT RIVALRY REAWAKENS.
Everything Iād known about the world was a lie.
On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, donāt ask), received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parentsā kitchen. Itās not my fault, things just break around me, I swear!
I thought the sand was a joke until evil Librarians came to steal it. Youāre probably thinking, āLibrarians are nice people who recommend good books,ā but thatās just what they want you to think! It turns out theyāre actually a secret cabal keeping the truth from youāa hidden world filled with magical eyeglasses, talking dinosaurs, and knights with crystal swords!
Or so my Grandpa Smedry claimed when he suddenly showed up to rescue me. So now I have to go with him to invade the local library and get that sand back, before itās used to conquer the world. And Grandpa says how I keep breaking things is actually an amazing talent. Thereās no way that can all be true, right?
Will I ever make it back home alive?
āAn excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. Funny, exciting, and briskly paced.āāNPR