I chose this book, because in another life, I was a librarian. I was intrigued by the title. Also, because this book is a new book on the Battle of the Books list for 2011-2012.
It is a different book. The writer is very smart and allows the narrator to take the reader on many twists and turns. The main character, Alcatraz, is believed to be an orphan who has spent the majority of his life in foster care bouncing from home to home as he reeks havoc on each family who tries to care for him. On his thirteenth birthday, he receives a package in the mail from his parents. This package will change everything as Alcatraz knows it.
Alcatraz is convinced by his newly found grandfather to help combat the evil librarians who are trying to keep the world "in ignorance, living only with the most primitive technologies" (111) by controlling all information. In this book, dinosaurs still exist and the main characters battle giant paper wads that can walk and explode...I told you it was different!
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