title: The Fall of the Readers: The Forbidden Library: Volume 4
author:  Django Wexler 
description: "Three cheers for a female protagonist who demonstrates strong leadership skills without losing the prospect of love or friendship."<i>Kirkus</i><br /><br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>The Palace of Glass</i>:</b><br />"Readers will appreciate following an astute heroine whose ultimate ambition ... [is] to remake the entire cruel and corrupt world around her. A busy continuing saga filled with fantastical drama and feisty finagling."<i>Kirkus</i><br /><br />"The world of the Forbidden Library continues to deepen, adding new magical creatures, new relationships, and new adversaries to an already solid fantasy franchise founded on an appealing heroine, a deft plot, and gripping adventure sequences."<i>Horn Book</i><br /><br />"Centers on serious lessons about power and corruption but doesn't skimp on fast and furious battles or small moments of humor. Alice remains a spirited, kind heroine with a noble goal and interesting, loyal characters to support her. More adventures are to come in this enjoyable fantasy series."<i>Booklist Online</i><br /><br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>The Mad Apprentice</i>:</b><br />"Wexler is an able builder of magical worlds and creatures, with labyrinths, an enchanted library, and a feisty, swashbuckling heroine at the center. A story rich in action and allegoryfantasy fans will want to hang on for what comes next."<i>Kirkus</i><br /><br />"Full of action and adventure, this tale will enthrall fans of the first novel."<i>School Library Journal</i><br /><br />"With an original concept, a brave and spirited heroine, and tantalizing incipient relationships among the apprentices (including Alice's hot-and-cold friendship with Isaac, who tricked her in the first volume), Wexler's series grows stronger by the book."<i>Horn Book</i><br /><br /><br /><b>Praise for <i>The Forbidden Library</i>:</b><br />"Working in the grand tradition of children's fantasy, Wexler's off to a promising start."<i>Kirkus</i><br /><br />"A charming, adventuresome fantasy from a promising new author."<i>Booklist</i><br /><br />"Reminiscent of Cornelia Funke's <i>Inkheart</i> and Neil Gaiman's <i>Coraline</i>."<i>School Library Journal</i>
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  # [**ABOUT THE AUTHOR**](contents.xhtml#c_ata)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [DJANGO
  WEXLER](http://us.macmillan.com/author/djangowexler?utm_source=ebook&utm_medium=adcard&utm_term=ebookreaders&utm_content=djangowexler_authorpage_macdotcom&utm_campaign=9780765397300)
  graduated from Carnagie Mellon University with degrees in creative writing and
  computer science, worked in artificial intelligence research and as a
  programmer/writer for Microsoft, and is now a full-time fantasy writer. Wexler
  is the author of The Shadow Campaigns, an epic fantasy series for adults, and
  The Forbidden Library, a classic fantasy series for middle-grade readers.
  
  
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