The Collectors: Stories: (Printz Medal Winner)
- Subject
- Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies
- Age
- Teen
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Size
- 14.9 cm × 21.7 cm
- ISBN
- 9780593620281
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ MEDAL WINNTER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors comes an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.
“An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb.”—School Library Journal, starred review
From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez’s tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri’s piece about 1970s skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical— anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.
Contributing Authors: M. T. Anderson, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres Sanchez.
“An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb.”—School Library Journal, starred review
From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez’s tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri’s piece about 1970s skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical— anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.
Contributing Authors: M. T. Anderson, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres Sanchez.
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What reviewers said
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
"An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove."
"Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb."
"[H]ere is a collection notable for the uniform excellence of 10 of its stories, which come from such distinguished creators as M. T. Anderson, David Levithan, Anna-Marie McLemore, Jason Reynolds, and its inimitable editor, King herself…[Readers] will revel in this wonderfully genre-defying, offbeat book that is one of the most original of the year.”
"King proclaims, in an introduction, that 'there is currency in weirdness'; by turns darkly cheeky and piercingly perceptive, this moody and existential grouping of stories lives up to the statement."
