The Collectors, Jacqueline West
The Collectors, Jacqueline West
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The Collectors

Author: Jacqueline West

Narrator: Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2018


Synopsis

Even the smallest wish can be dangerous. That’s why the Collectors are always keeping watch.The Collectors sweeps listeners into a hidden world where wishes are stolen and dreams have a price. Fast-paced, witty, and riveting, this contemporary fantasy adventure has magic woven through every page.It's the first book in a 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. Most people don’t notice him. But he notices them. And he notices the small trinkets they drop, or lose, or throw away—that’s why his collection is full of treasures. Then one day, Van notices a girl stealing pennies from a fountain, and everything changes. He follows the girl, Pebble, and uncovers an underground world full of wishes and the people who collect them. Apparently 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, author of the New York Times–bestselling Books of Elsewhere series, draws readers into 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.

About Jacqueline West

Jacqueline West is the author of the New York Times-bestselling middle grade series The Books of Elsewhere, the Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book The Collectors, and several other novels for young readers and teens. An award-winning poet and occasional actress, she lives with her family in Red Wing, Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Claire on May 14, 2019

Deep thoughts on power, consequences, and motive run throughout this wildly creative, unique adventure.......more

Goodreads review by Amber on March 09, 2019

Although he tends to go through life generally unnoticed, Van himself is very good at noticing things. Little things that other people would never see. He finds out one day that he can even see some people whom other, normal, folks can't, and that's where his adventures begin. These usually invisibl......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on October 16, 2018

I launched into this read hoping for the best. It had a "Secret Keepers" vibe about it, ala Trenton Lee Stewart. I did think the story was clever and unique at the beginning but I didn't find West to be a riveting story teller and I have to confess boredom by the middle of the story. As the book was......more

Goodreads review by Clarabel on May 07, 2019

J'aime le tourbillon fantastique auquel carburent les romans jeunesse, à l'instar de cette nouvelle série de Jacqueline West (dont j'avais déjà eu le plaisir de découvrir La Maison des secrets). On retrouve pour héros un jeune garçon solitaire et intrépide : Van, dont la maman est chanteuse d'opéra e......more

Goodreads review by Emma on May 05, 2021

This book was different than what I am used to reading. I think that its because it is a little below my age level. I think Van would get along great with Ozzie(from the book Zoone). They both like to make obviously bad choices, like making a wish when he was warned not to. Or Ozzie thinking he shou......more