Keeper of the Lost Cities Collection Books 1-5 (2013)
Keeper of the Lost Cities Collection Books 1-5 is a 2013 adventure book written by Shannon Messenger.
Sophie Foster has heard every thought around her since she was five, and it has made ordinary life impossible. Then she learns why she never fit: she belongs to a hidden elvish world, the Lost Cities, kept secret from humankind. Shannon Messenger's series follows Sophie as she trains her strange abilities, makes and tests friendships, and edges into a widening conspiracy she was never meant to see. This volume gathers the first five books, from the opening adventure through Exile, Everblaze, Neverseen, and Lodestar.
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Sophie's discovery that she belongs to a hidden magical people, and the found family she gathers there, rhymes with Avatar: The Last Airbender and its young hero learning to wield a rare gift. Percy Jackson and the Olympians runs the same engine: an out-of-place kid finds a secret world built for people like them.
Kids training to control a power everyone can suddenly see
Sophie spends this set of books learning to control abilities she never asked for, guided by mentors who do not always tell her everything. My Hero Academia trains its cast at a hero academy built for exactly that, Avatar: The Last Airbender has Aang work through each element under a real teacher, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians sends its demigods through Camp Half-Blood's training grounds.
Hidden worlds tucked inside the one you already know
The Lost Cities are hidden from ordinary humans entirely, a whole civilization tucked just out of sight, and that same setup drives this set. Harry Potter's wizarding world hides behind an ordinary London street, Percy Jackson discovers a demigod world layered over our own, The Red Pyramid ties Egyptian gods to a modern family, and The Lost Hero reveals a second hidden camp Percy's friends never knew existed.
Friend groups who stumble into a conspiracy bigger than themselves
Sophie's circle of friends keeps pulling at a conspiracy none of them signed up to investigate, and this set follows other groups caught in a similar widening pull. Fullmetal Alchemist's Elric brothers uncover a state cover-up bigger than either of them, Supernatural has the Winchesters follow one hunt into something larger, and From traps its town inside a mystery with no clean edges.
Series that keep expanding their cast book after book
This collection gathers five books' worth of Lost Cities characters, and Messenger keeps adding names without losing track of them. The School for Good and Evil splits its swelling cast across rival houses, Goblet of Fire folds three new schools into Harry's world, The Battle of the Labyrinth throws Percy's whole camp into one fight, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader reunites old Narnia friends for one more voyage.