The Collectors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062691699)

2019 Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book

"Original, brave, and addictive."--Adam Gidwitz, bestselling author of the Newbery Honor Book The Inquisitor's Tale

Fast-paced, witty, and riveting, this contemporary fantasy adventure has magic woven through every page. The Collectors begins an enchanting two-book series from Jacqueline West, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Books of Elsewhere series. For fans of Serafina and the Black Cloak, The Isle of the Lost, and The Secret Keepers.

Van has always been an outsider. He's hard of hearing, collects trinkets, and lives with his single mother--an opera singer with a huge personality. Then one day, Van notices a girl stealing pennies from a fountain, and everything changes. He follows the girl, Pebble, and uncovers an underground society full of wishes and the people who collect them. Not all wishes are good and even good wishes often have unintended consequences, and the Collectors have made it their duty to protect us. But they aren't the only ones who have their eyes on the world's wishes--and they may not be the good guys, after all.

Jacqueline West spins a story about friendship, magic, and the gray area between good and evil. The Collectors is for fans of Cassie Beasley's Circus Mirandus and Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener. Booklist calls it, "A brilliant fantasy adventure exploring the consequences of getting what you wish for."

Author: Jacqueline West
ISBN-10: 0062691694
ISBN-13: 9780062691699
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2018
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 500197 / Collectors

Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2018 pg. 88
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 09/17/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory