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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  CONTENTS
  
  [Dedication](index_split_001.html#filepos3973)
  
  [Prologue](index_split_002.html#filepos4122)
  
  [Palangonia FC](index_split_003.html#filepos9872)
  
  [Loggerheads](index_split_004.html#filepos24048)
  
  [Pizza and Ice Cream](index_split_005.html#filepos36299)
  
  [The Irresistible Force](index_split_006.html#filepos47174)
  
  [The Spy](index_split_007.html#filepos59422)
  
  [Locked Down](index_split_008.html#filepos78756)
  
  [General Leigh](index_split_009.html#filepos94661)
  
  [Locked Up](index_split_010.html#filepos108498)
  
  [The Light Bulb](index_split_011.html#filepos129792)
  
  [To the Library](index_split_012.html#filepos139700)
  
  [Clues](index_split_013.html#filepos151830)
  
  [Goodbye, England’s Rose](index_split_014.html#filepos158895)
  
  [None so Arrogant](index_split_015.html#filepos175498)
  
  [Some Kind of Bad Dream](index_split_016.html#filepos195192)
  
  [Death from Above](index_split_017.html#filepos213957)
  
  [Etchings](index_split_018.html#filepos226590)
  
  [Into the Wild](index_s