INTRO: Who knew that libraries were centres for all evil? Alcatraz Smedry, practically the world champion of breaking things, never thought his most boring birthday present - a bag of sand - would get him into this much trouble. Yet now he's fleeing from evil Librarians, releasing dinosaurs to create a diversion in the Fiction section, and learning that clumsiness can be a powerful talent!
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READING CHALLENGE: In this novel Alctaraz is left a bag of sand as his inheritance from his parents:
"I found a box containing a simple note.
Alcatraz,
Happy thirteenth birthday!
Here is your inheritance, as promised.
Love, Mom and Dad"
If your parents were to leave you a similar note what would it say? What one object would they leave you?
