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Book SynopsisFrom 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.
Trade ReviewWinner 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
"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
