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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 of Alexandria, where I—and my grandpa and my grouchy bodyguard Bastille and her even grouchier mother and some weirdly gifted cousins—run across the Curators (ghosts who will gladly help you check out a book as long as you don't mind giving up your mortal soul) and some new nasty Librarians who hate our guts ... and would be happy to rip them out for us.
But none of that comes close to the horror we will have to face if we succeed in finding what we're searching for ...
MY DAD! (DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!)
The Scrivener's Bones is the second book in this action-packed fantasy series for young readers.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781464023460
- File size: 204188 KB
- Duration: 07:05:23
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 660
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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June 1, 2012
Gr 5-9-Alcatraz Smedry is back for another action-packed adventure in the second book (Scholastic, 2008) in the series by Brandon Sanderson. In this installment, he's joined by a cast of characters both new and old and they are joining forces to rescue his grandfather and the father he always thought was dead from the Library of Alexandria. They must deal with the soul-sucking keepers of the library and a dangerous "Scriveners Bone" who is out to destroy Alacatraz and his whole family. Once again, Ramon de Ocampo is able to keep the right balance between clueless and annoying in his vocalization of Alcatraz. The boy still has the habit of breaking off from telling the story to make random comments, many bordering on the overly absurd. Listeners, especially those who have not been introduced to Alcatraz before, may lose patience with this personality quirk. Alcatraz also launches into long "lessons" he hopes listeners will take from the book, and this becomes tiresome. However, the narrator's channeling of the character and his ability to convey the many detailed landscapes that Alcatraz enters as he moves through the library makes this a rousing tale that will especially please fans of the first volume.-"Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MI"Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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