Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never before—now in paperback with all new covers!
AN ANCIENT RIVALRY REAWAKENS.
Everything I'd known about the world was a lie.
On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, don't ask) received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parents' kitchen. It's not my fault, things just break around me, I swear!
I thought the sand was a joke until evil Librarians came to steal it. You're probably thinking, "Librarians are nice people who recommend good books," but that's just what they want you to think! It turns out they're actually a secret cult keeping the truth from you—a 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 it's used to conquer the world. And Grandpa says how I keep breaking things is actually an amazing talent. There's no way that can all be true, right?
Will I ever make it back home alive?
"An excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. Funny, exciting, and briskly paced." —NPR
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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- Brandon Sanderson - Author
- Hayley Lazo - Illustrator
Kindle Book
- Release date: February 16, 2016
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781466865532
- File size: 7661 KB
- Release date: February 16, 2016
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781466865532
- File size: 19213 KB
- Release date: February 16, 2016
Open EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781466865532
- File size: 13036 KB
- Release date: February 16, 2016

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ATOS Level:4.9
Lexile® Measure:730
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3
Experience the action-packed first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson's laugh-out-loud middle-grade fantasy series like never before—now in paperback with all new covers!
AN ANCIENT RIVALRY REAWAKENS.
Everything I'd known about the world was a lie.
On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, don't ask) received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parents' kitchen. It's not my fault, things just break around me, I swear!
I thought the sand was a joke until evil Librarians came to steal it. You're probably thinking, "Librarians are nice people who recommend good books," but that's just what they want you to think! It turns out they're actually a secret cult keeping the truth from you—a 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 it's used to conquer the world. And Grandpa says how I keep breaking things is actually an amazing talent. There's no way that can all be true, right?
Will I ever make it back home alive?
"An excellent choice to read aloud to the whole family. Funny, exciting, and briskly paced." —NPR
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Details
Publisher:
Tor Publishing Group
Kindle Book
Release date: February 16, 2016
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9781466865532
File size: 7661 KB
Release date: February 16, 2016
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781466865532
File size: 19213 KB
Release date: February 16, 2016
Open EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9781466865532
File size: 13036 KB
Release date: February 16, 2016
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Creators
- Brandon Sanderson - Author
- Hayley Lazo - Illustrator
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Open EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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Levels
ATOS Level: 4.9
Lexile® Measure: 730
Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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