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."
