Hardcover, 304 pages
Published December 1st 2010 by Scholastic Press
ISBN: 0439925576 (ISBN13: 9780439925570)
Primary Language: English
Source: Purchased
The Blurb (www.goodreads.com)
Alcatraz Smedry is on a mission to save the day! In his final adventure in the series by bestselling adult fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz has a lot to prove and, as always, little time in which to do it!
Oh, Alcatraz, how I love thee. Let me count the ways...
What? You don't like that I quoted Shakespeare? Why not? There's a whole chapter in this book where all dialogue is a quote from Hamlet. (That would be Chapter Act V Scene III.) I thought it would be appropriate to get into the mood.
Maybe I should get back to actually reviewing the book. Alcatraz 4 picks up in the middle of Alcatraz getting a lesson on exploding Teddy Bears from Bastille. In true Alcatraz fashion, this of course leads to Alcatraz getting into some trouble. After a lot of crazy antics, and quite a few amusing anecdotes, he manages to get out of it. Most of it, anyway.
This installment in the Alcatraz series adds quite a bit to the background story, namely, information regarding the Talents and the relationship between his parents. We finally get to witness the Librarian armies in action. And characters we know and love get hurt (but not from an exploding Teddy Bear).
I love Sanderson's writing style in these books. He manages to poke fun at just about everything. There's a point where Sanderson brings in his personal rivalry with fellow author John Scalzi, and he even manages a hat tip to his Wheel of Time fans. I honestly love these books. They're non-stop silly fun, and definitely not just for kids.
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