Books with title The Collective

2019 Schneider Family Book Award Honor BookEven the smallest wish can be dangerous. That’s why the Collectors are always keeping watch.The Collectors sweeps readers 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.

"Witty, and so intriguing. I started reading and didn't want to stop. Victoria Scott is a fabulous new voice in YA.” —C.C. Hunter, author of the New York Times bestselling series SHADOW FALLSDante Walker is flippin' awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of Hell's best — a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante's an equal opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he'll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: Collect Charlie Cooper's soul within 10 days.Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that's a permanent ticket out of Hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he's come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions long ago buried.The Dante Walker series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 The CollectorBook #2 The LiberatorBook #3 The Warrior

Maddie, Max, and Theo Mattigan know everything now. They've solved the mystery of their Monsters' history, and even of their own. But Happily Ever After doesn't seem to be how their story was meant to end. There's an evil creature out there, more mysterious and monstrous than anything they could imagine. And it's coming for them. This time, the hunters have become the hunted.

James Anders is a reporter for an online magazine, who has stumbled on the greatest story of his life: an immortal beauty. Behind her eyes lies a lifetime of secrets. Several lifetimes to be exact. But there is something more there, a sadness that awakens in him the desire to save her. As James unearths more about this mysterious woman, he is dragged into a world he could never have expected. A world that has remained hidden while in plain sight. The closer he gets to learning all of its secrets, the more endangered his life becomes. He must act fast to save his life and the life of the woman he loves.

Inheriting a secret was just the beginning...From the best-selling author, an all new Historical Mystery with London High Society Romance!In London High Society in 1872, teen Amelia Borchardt inherits a seat among a secret society. They call themselves "The Collectors".For centuries, they have kept secrets to protect their way of life, their ideals, and England itself. Now someone is watching them, an interloper rises from among the group and Amelia's life is thrown into chaos when everything she thought she knew is challenged and secrets are exposed, which she never knew she held. As Amelia spends time with her inherited collection of friends, she learns all is not as it seems and that even united guardians of secrets withhold the past from each other.Where did Madam Hidgens disappear to for years? Centuries ago revenge was sealed into a letter, but by whom? And more importantly, how does this affect the Collectors? Amelia must fight for the truth or the Collectors, and all that she thinks is true, will evaporate. Solve the mystery and experience High Society Romance in Victorian London!

Cork is a short muskrat who likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz is a tall possum who also likes to collect shiny stones. Fuzz tries to collect a ?stone? from a duck?s nest and, in turn, the mama duck tries to collect him. Will Cork be able to save his friend? An Easy-to-Read series that critics compare to ?the measured dialogue and sweet illogic of Arnold Lobel?s Frog and Toad,?** Cork and Fuzz collect fans with each new adventure.

From the bestselling author, an all new historical mystery! Inheriting a secret was just the beginning... In London in 1872, teen Amelia Borchardt inherits a seat among a secret society. They call themselves "The Collectors". For centuries, they have kept secrets to protect their way of life, their ideals, and England itself. Now someone is watching them, an interloper rises from among the group and Amelia's life is thrown into chaos when everything she thought she knew is challenged and secrets are exposed, which she never knew she held. As Amelia spends time with her inherited collection of friends, she learns all is not as it seems and that even united guardians of secrets withhold the past from each other. Where did Madam Hidgens disappear to for years? Centuries ago revenge was sealed into a letter, but by whom? And more importantly, how does this affect the Collectors? Amelia must fight for the truth or the Collectors, and all that she thinks is true, will evaporate.

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhoodthrough the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome andinstinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestlyunreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have broughtmore happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may nowbe classed as “historical” in the children‘s library; for the time hascome for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotypedgenie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horribleand blood‐curdling incidents devised by their authors to point afearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality;therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wondertales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.Having this thought in mind, the story of “The Wonderful Wizard ofOz” was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to beinga modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy areretained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.L. Frank Baum"The Oz Collection" contains the fourteen Oz Books: • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz• The Marvelous Land of Oz• Ozma of Oz• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz• The Road to Oz• The Emerald City of Oz• The Patchwork Girl of Oz• Tik-Tok of Oz• The Scarecrow of Oz• Rinkitink in Oz• The Lost Princess of Oz• The Tin Woodman of Oz• The Magic of Oz• Glinda of Oz