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Series

Alcatraz vs. the evil librarians volume 1

Language

English

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On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.

2) Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Series, Book 4

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Series

Alcatraz Smedry adventures volume 4
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Language

English

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The Shattered Lens is the fourth action-packed fantasy adventure in the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for young readers by the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. These fast-paced and funny novels are now available in deluxe hardcover editions illustrated by Hayley Lazo.
Alcatraz Smedry is up against a whole army of Evil Librarians with only his friend Bastille, a few pairs of glasses, and an unlimited

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3) Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Author

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Series

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn series Brandon Sanderson continues the epic adventure he began in Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
So now you've read all about me, Alcatraz Smedry, and how I was swept out of my life in your normal world and into the fight against the Librarians (jerks!). After being all heroic and stuff in that tale, I didn't expect to charge headlong into enemy territory: the Library

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4) Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Series, Book 3

Author

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Series

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss

Now in paperback for the first time, featuring all new covers, the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians middle-grade series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
I am awesome!
So I told you how Grandpa Smedry showed up at my house and said "Alcatraz, come with me to save the world!" (That totally happened. You read the first two books, right?) Well, this is the book where you find out how awesome

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5) The Alcatraz escape

Author

Series

Book scavenger volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action, this time with "Unlock the Rock." For his latest game, Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an...

6) Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians: Alcatraz Series, Book 1

Author

Series

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
Alcatraz versus the evil librarians volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Description

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians is the first adventure in a fantasy series for all ages by the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry gets a bag of sand in the mail-his only inheritance from his father and mother. He soon learns that this is no ordinary bag of sand. It is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading misinformation...

7) Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark

Author

MacDonald, Donald

Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

This illustrated volume by the authors of Golden Gate Bridge explores the history and design of San Francisco's infamous island prison.
Award-winning architect Donald MacDonald and acclaimed author Ira Nadel present the first complete history of Alcatraz told through its architecture. In friendly illustrations and accessible text, Alcatraz reveal the design decisions that have shaped the island from its first brick and masonry...

8) The Alcatraz escape

Publisher

PBS

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

In 1962, three prisoners escaped from Alcatraz, a prison surrounded on all sides by the waters of San Francisco Bay, and disappeared. The fates of the three men have remained unknown to the present day. In this program, three scientists from the Netherlands employ 3D modeling technology to reconstruct the water currents of the day of the prison break in an attempt to uncover whether or not it was possible for the men to have survived.

9) Drain Alcatraz

Publisher

Twentieth Century Fox

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

Where is (Grosset & Dunlap)

"Drain Alcatraz uses cutting edge visual effects to 'drain' the waters around the notorious island of Alcatraz. With the waters drained away the secrets of Alcatraz are revealed, including exactly why the island's infamous prison was so inescapable. With no water in the way San Francisco Bay is revealed to be a fascinating and chaotic place. On the dry bay floor we see the scars left by epic earthquakes. These fault lines give scientists an idea as...

10) Where is Alcatraz?

Author

Medina, Nico

Series

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

"Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison! The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America's most famous prison, from its initial...

11) Escape from Alcatraz

Publisher

Paramount Home Entertainment

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and 'Birdman' Robert Stroud, was only broken once, by three men never heard of again.

12) Daring escape from Alcatraz

Author

Chandler, Matt

Series

History's mysteries

Publisher

Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

Description

"Located on an island in San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was once considered one of the country's most secure prisons. But that didn't stop three prisoners from making a daring escape the night of June 11, 1962. They set sail across the bay on a homemade raft made of raincoats. Then they vanished. What happened to them? Explore the theories and discover why their escape has become one of history's greatest mysteries"--

13) Of all tribes: American Indians and Alcatraz

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"On November 20, 1969, a group of 89 Native Americans-most of them young activists in their twenties, led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others-crossed San Francisco Bay under the cover of darkness. They called themselves the "Indians of All Tribes." Their objective was to occupy the abandoned prison on Alcatraz Island ("The Rock"), a mile and a half across the treacherous waters. Under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the...

14) Birdman of Alcatraz

Publisher

Olive Films

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.

15) Al Capone shines my shoes

Author

Choldenko, Gennifer

Series

Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 2
Tales from Alcatraz
Tale from Alcatraz volume 2

Language

English

Formats

Description

Family-Friendly Audiobooks

Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.

16) Al Capone does my shirts

Author

Choldenko, Gennifer

Series

Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 1
Tales from Alcatraz

Language

English

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Description

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

17) Al Capone does my homework

Author

Choldenko, Gennifer

Series

Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 3
Tales from Alcatraz

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--

18) Jailbreak at Alcatraz: Frank Morris & the Anglin Brothers' great escape

Author

Sullivan, Tom

Series

Unsolved case files volume no. 002

Publisher

Balzer + Bray, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

CASE NO. 002: THE ROCK. June 12, 1962. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 7:18 A.M. A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This...

19) Escape from Alcatraz

Author

Campbell Bruce, J

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Pub. Date

2006

Language

English

Description

Mobster Al "Scarface" Capone; "Machine Gun" Kelly; Robert Stroud, a.k.a. the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals went to Alcatraz Island, often referred to simply as "The Rock." This federal prison's conditions were so harsh that escape, riot, even death, were an inmate's only hope.

This gripping true-crime classic was originally written in 1963 and published just weeks after the last prisoner was escorted off Devil's Island,

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20) The Dark Talent: Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians

Author

Series

Alcatraz Smedry adventures volume 5
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Publisher

Recorded Books, Inc

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Description