His talent proves beneficial when he is captured by the librarians, as they cannot understand him and thus cannot gain important information from him, even through torture. Quentin, another cousin, has the talent to speak gibberish or nonsensical phrases. This helps when this is a sign of danger. Sing, Alcatraz's cousin's talent is the ability to trip and fall to the ground.

In his own words 'I've been arriving late to my own death for longer than you've been alive.' But his power also allows him to arrive late to other things, like bullets, which always miss him, and his blood can arrive late to wounds so that he doesn't bleed to death. As such, he is always running behind the clock. Grandpa Smedry, Alcatraz's grandfather, has the power to arrive late. In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family, the Smedrys, all are born with amazing talents that they use to combat the evil cult of librarians.Īlcatraz has the talent of breaking things. Fletcher, Alcatraz's case worker and Radrian Blackburn, a Dark Oculator. These freedom fighters include Alcatraz's grandfather, Leavenworth Smedry, usually just referred to as 'Grandpa Smedry' Bastille, Grandpa's bodyguard and a Crystin Knight Sing Sing - Sing for short - Alcatraz's Polynesian cousin and Quentin, another cousin. The plot evolves around the title character and a small group of freedom fighters operating against the cult of evil librarians that secretly rule the world. After the old man finds Alcatraz's bag of sand missing, he and Alcatraz must go on a mission to recover it at all cost from the Evil Librarians, secret rulers of the world. The next day an old man arrives at the house and claims to be his grandfather, telling Alcatraz that he has a special, powerful talent, breaking things. Fletcher, Alcatraz's personal caseworker, arrives and scolds him for destroying his foster parents' kitchen. It is revealed that he has been in countless foster homes, always ending up with Alcatraz 'destroying' things precious to the people taking care of him. The book starts with Alcatraz setting fire to his foster parents' kitchen. After receiving a bag of sand for his thirteenth birthday, he is involved in a very strange set of events. Plot summary Īlcatraz Smedry, a young teen, is always breaking things. The book is named after its main character, Alcatraz Smedry. Febru(Tor re-release)Īlcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is a juvenile novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson, published in October 2007 by Scholastic Press.

Alcatraz by Brandon Sanderson