- Status
- Complete series
- Published books
- 6 of 6 planned
- Commitment
- Medium series
- Audience
- Middle Grade / Crossover
A completed comic fantasy about absurd talents, magical lenses, secret kingdoms, and allegedly evil librarians.
The sixth book, Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, provides the published conclusion to the saga. The route is complete, although its final volume changes narrator.
Its commitment is medium because the books are shorter and aimed at Middle Grade readers despite the six-volume count.
Best if you want
- Sanderson's rule-based invention in a fast, funny younger-reader series.
- First-person narration that jokes directly with the reader.
Think twice if you need
- The gravity, scale, or adult-primary focus of Mistborn and Stormlight.
- Comedy without deliberate narrator tricks or absurd worldbuilding.
Outside the score
Reader context
Series information guides suitability and commitment. Matrix scores remain attached to individual books.
Reader advisories
- Violence
- Child peril
- Grief and loss
Books in this series
Compare the individual volumes.
1 of 6 published books currently have a full Matrix profile.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Brandon Sanderson
On his thirteenth birthday, Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand, loses it to a librarian, and enters a hidden conflict involving magical lenses, absurd talents, and secret kingdoms.