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The Shattered Lens

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
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Alcatraz Smedry is up against a whole army of Evil Librarians with only his friend Bastille, a few pairs of glasses, and an unlimited supply of exploding teddy bears to help him. This time, even Alcatraz’s extraordinary talent for breaking things may not be enough to defeat the army of Evil Librarians and their giant librarian robots.

©2010 Brandon Sanderson (P)2011 Recorded Books

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“As goofy randomness streamlines into compelling narration, even readers who don't find giant robots reason alone to pick up a book will be drawn into Alcatraz’s cohesive world, with its unique form of magic.”—Horn Book

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Can't wait until the final part

This was a far more engaging book than the prior one. There were some jokes which dragged out a bit but over all this is another solid entry to this series. I'm more than a little curious to experience the conclusion!

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In my opinion, this is one of the BEST books in existence. 💜I simply LOVE it!!!!💜

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Epic & Gets to the Heart of the Main Storyline

This time we're really going into the center of the action and the fight between the two sides. This time it seemed central to the main storyline & feels epic. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Narration was excellent as usual. I didn't want the book to end.

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Love it 😍

Love ❤️ it I was too lazy to read it soooo I was so excited when I saw that it had a audio book

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Great for Kids

The kids liked this book and are really getting into the story. Pretty painless for the adults. A little quirky. It's definitely a different style for Brandon Sanderson. I still think the side commentary is weird, but the kids don't. On to book 3.

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Love it

Wonderful narration. Did not disappoint. Makes me feel like a kid again. My five year old nephew and 15 year old son got into it with me

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Narrator

Ramon De Ocampo does a fantastic job of translating a book clearly written to be read in physical form into something that can be fully understood in audio form.

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Sanderson returns to form

Sanderson returns to form in this fourth installment of this YA series that nevertheless delighted this adult. The chapter riffing on Hamlet was worth the price of admission. Again, cannot say enough about the amazing narrator of the audio book, Ramon de Ocampo.

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Amazing action

This story was really good and I think the voices were really played . All of it ties in together

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Best Book Ever!

I really love this book!Ramon De Ocampo does an amazing job of doing the voices! My favorite character is definitely Alcatraz but I like Bastille to!

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