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(Printz Medal Winner)

(Printz Medal Winner)

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King and David Levithan
Read by Becca Q. Co, Frankie Corzo, Vas Eli, Nicky Endres, Guy Lockard, Alex McKenna, Anthony Rey Perez, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Victoria Villarreal and A.S. King
Edited by A.S. King

By M. T. Anderson
On Tour
, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King and David Levithan
Read by Becca Q. Co, Frankie Corzo, Vas Eli, Nicky Endres, Guy Lockard, Alex McKenna, Anthony Rey Perez, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Victoria Villarreal and A.S. King
Edited by A.S. King

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    About The Collectors: Stories

    Winner of the 2024 Michael L. Printz Award
    A National Bestseller

    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.

    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 1970’s 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.

    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 have each penned a surprising and provocative tale.

    (Cover art may vary.)

    About The Collectors: Stories

    Winner of the 2024 Michael L. Printz Award
    A National Bestseller

    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.

    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 1970’s 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.

    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 have each penned a surprising and provocative tale.

    (Cover art may vary.)

    About The Collectors: Stories

    Winner of the 2024 Michael L. Printz Award
    A National Bestseller

    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.

    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 1970’s 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.

    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 have each penned a surprising and provocative tale.

    (Cover art may vary.)

    About The Collectors: Stories

    From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.

    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 1970’s 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.


    * This program includes a downloadable pdf which contains the fully illustrated story, “Museum of Misery” by Cory McCarthy from the book.

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    About M. T. Anderson

    M. T. Anderson has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of… More about M. T. Anderson

    About e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    A native South Texan, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo earned a degree in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and an MFA in… More about e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    About A.S. King

    Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the best YA writers working today,” A.S. King is the author of over a… More about A.S. King

    About David Levithan

    When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of… More about David Levithan

    About Cory McCarthy

    Cory McCarthy (he/they) is the award-winning author of numerous bestselling and award winning books for young readers, including Hope Is an… More about Cory McCarthy

    About Anna-Marie McLemore

    Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is a queer nonbinary Mexican American author of nine award-winning magical realism and fairy tale novels for… More about Anna-Marie McLemore

    About G. Neri

    G. Neri writes street lit, “provocative, edgy stories for reluctant readers,” he says, “especially urban boys, in hopes that these… More about G. Neri

    About Randy Ribay

    Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of young adult fiction. His novel Patron Saints of Nothing was a finalist… More about Randy Ribay

    About Jenny Torres Sanchez

    Jenny Torres Sanchez (www.jennytorressanchez.com) is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but… More about Jenny Torres Sanchez

    About M. T. Anderson

    M. T. Anderson has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of… More about M. T. Anderson

    About e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    A native South Texan, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo earned a degree in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and an MFA in… More about e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    About A.S. King

    Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the best YA writers working today,” A.S. King is the author of over a… More about A.S. King

    About David Levithan

    When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of… More about David Levithan

    About Cory McCarthy

    Cory McCarthy (he/they) is the award-winning author of numerous bestselling and award winning books for young readers, including Hope Is an… More about Cory McCarthy

    About Anna-Marie McLemore

    Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is a queer nonbinary Mexican American author of nine award-winning magical realism and fairy tale novels for… More about Anna-Marie McLemore

    About G. Neri

    G. Neri writes street lit, “provocative, edgy stories for reluctant readers,” he says, “especially urban boys, in hopes that these… More about G. Neri

    About Randy Ribay

    Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of young adult fiction. His novel Patron Saints of Nothing was a finalist… More about Randy Ribay

    About Jenny Torres Sanchez

    Jenny Torres Sanchez (www.jennytorressanchez.com) is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but… More about Jenny Torres Sanchez

    About M. T. Anderson

    M. T. Anderson has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of… More about M. T. Anderson

    About e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    A native South Texan, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo earned a degree in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and an MFA in… More about e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    About A.S. King

    Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the best YA writers working today,” A.S. King is the author of over a… More about A.S. King

    About David Levithan

    When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of… More about David Levithan

    About Cory McCarthy

    Cory McCarthy (he/they) is the award-winning author of numerous bestselling and award winning books for young readers, including Hope Is an… More about Cory McCarthy

    About Anna-Marie McLemore

    Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is a queer nonbinary Mexican American author of nine award-winning magical realism and fairy tale novels for… More about Anna-Marie McLemore

    About G. Neri

    G. Neri writes street lit, “provocative, edgy stories for reluctant readers,” he says, “especially urban boys, in hopes that these… More about G. Neri

    About Randy Ribay

    Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of young adult fiction. His novel Patron Saints of Nothing was a finalist… More about Randy Ribay

    About Jenny Torres Sanchez

    Jenny Torres Sanchez (www.jennytorressanchez.com) is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but… More about Jenny Torres Sanchez

    About M. T. Anderson

    M. T. Anderson has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of… More about M. T. Anderson

    About e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    A native South Texan, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo earned a degree in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and an MFA in… More about e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

    About A.S. King

    Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the best YA writers working today,” A.S. King is the author of over a… More about A.S. King

    About David Levithan

    When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of… More about David Levithan

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $12.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Jul 16, 2024 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593620304

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Sep 19, 2023 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593620281

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Sep 19, 2023 | 272 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593620298

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 19, 2023 | 383 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593790946

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    Praise

    Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

    ★ “An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove.”—Kirkus, starred review

    ★ “Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb.”—SLJ, starred review

    ★ “[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.”—Booklist, starred review

    “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.”—Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    Michael L. Printz Award Winner WINNER 2024

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