Scavenger Hunt--One Day Only!

Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt!



The fabulous Colleen Houck, author of TIGER'S CURSE, organized a fun scavenger hunt with a ton of YA authors. Join the hunt, and you'll discover exclusive bonus material, sign up for giveaways, and an all-access pass to top secret insider information.



As an extra bonus, we've put together a puzzle with one keyword found on each website. Complete it and you'll be eligible for a fabulous grand prize which will include signed books, bookmarks, jewelry, and many more exclusive gifts with at least one from every author in the hunt!





Scavenger Hunt Puzzle



Directions: Copy and paste the puzzle below onto a document or blank email page and fill it out as you proceed through the Scavenger Hunt. Search for keywords, one on each website that will be highlighted in  RED , and insert them into the puzzle, then fill out the Google form here (where you'll also find more details about the rules).



Here's the puzzle for you to solve. You'll find one word in red in THIS post--that's one of the words to fill in the blank here. Go to the other authors' websites to find the remaining words and solve the puzzle!





Puzzle: Welcome fans of young adult literature! Don't forget to _______ up in time to join our special event! In ____________ you roll the dice and, like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. Our scavenger hunt is very similar. Surprises wait around every corner. Turn one page and you're chasing a _________ through a _________ _____________. Turn another and you are being ________ by a _______ which leaves your heart ________. YA ________s are full of ___________ heroes who must ___________ themselves for the greater good. Some of the characters travel through ______ or have a _________ __________. If there is one thing YA books have taught us, it's that if you leave your ___________ keep an eye out for a patrolling ________. They're very dangerous. Maybe not so frightening as a ____________, but still you should be careful. Also beware lest you become __________ by vampires. ______________ one is a different story. Just remember that bite has ___________ ramifications and that afterwards the sun can ______ you unless you get bitten by a glittering type. Whether you like dark, paranormal, romance, fantasy, ___________, Sci-Fi, or a combination of those, we've got something for you. We think that each fan is a __________ and we love you all!



Now let's get on with the HUNT!

I'm so excited today to be hosting the fabulous Lisa & Laura Roecker! I've raved about LiLa on here before, so I'm pretty sure you know who this fantastic duo are, but just in case, Lisa and Laura are sisters who wrote the YA mystery THE LIAR SOCIETY and are working on the sequel, THE LIES THAT BIND, whenever they aren't making fun of crazy celebs and cracking us up with stories of extreme parenting on their blog. They are fabulous writers--they know how to make a character interesting, how to make a reader keep turning the pages, and how to reveal one whopper of secret by the end of the novel.



Lisa & Laura Roecker's Bio

Lisa and Laura Roecker are sisters-turned-writing-partners with a love of all things Young Adult. Some call it arrested development, but the sisters claim it keeps them young. Plus, it's cheaper than Botox. Lisa and Laura live in Cleveland, Ohio in separate residences. Their husbands wouldn't agree to a duplex. THE LIAR SOCIETY is their first novel. To learn more, check out www.lisaandlauraroecker.com.





Synopsis of THE LIAR SOCIETY Since when do the dead send emails? Kate Lowry's best friend Grace died a year ago. So when she gets an email from her, Kate's more than a little confused.





To: KateLowry@pemberlybrown.edu

From: GraceLee@pemberlybrown.edu

Subject: (no subject)

Kate,

I'm here... sort of.

Find Cameron. He knows.

I shouldn't be writing.

Don't tell. They'll hurt you.





Now Kate has no choice but to prove once and for all that Grace's death was more than just a tragic accident. She teams up with a couple of knights-in-(not-so)-shining armor-the dangerously hot bad boy, Liam, and her lovestruck neighbor, Seth. But at their elite private school, there are secrets so big people will do anything to protect them-even if it means getting rid of anyone trying to solve a murder...





EXCLUSIVE Material For YOU!

You guys. YOU GUYS. Below is the exclusive content that LiLa put together for the hunt--a DELETED SCENE FROM THEIR NEW NOVEL, THE LIES THAT BIND!!!!!!









            These were never good meetings. They were called last minute, riskier than the ones we held in the dark, under the ground. We weren't even all together, but mixed and separated by non-members and members alike. The code wasn't perfect, but it worked, delivered important messages about how we should proceed. And they almost always followed some sort of emergency.            Praesedi, our president, would begin eating, our cue. The message originated at the table where SAT prep books were scattered and kids quizzed each other for upcoming exams. Secretum, our secretary, sat at this table, pouring over homework like the rest of them. But today the goal wasn't to commit five new vocabulary words to memory, today was Commemoro. The Relay.            I ate too fast, laughed at all the right times, said all the right things and waited for my turn. The first member, The Primoris, was always the same, they played lacrosse with the Secretum and seemed to rehash the previous night's game, but those who knew where to look understood the Commemoro had begun. The Primoris proceeded to the trash can to meet up with the Secundus who appeared to be tossing their tray at the same time. A tiny slip of paper was transferred from hand to hand. On the way back from the trash, the Secundus would spill something and need a napkin. Today, the "spill" was on the back of the shirt. Tetrius would be struggling at the napkin dispenser, pulling out chunks of paper instead of full sheets and Secundus would assist and deliver. Commemoro continued like an intricately-choreographed dance number until it was my turn, and the well-worn message was handed off to me. My post was at the drinking fountain, the person behind me always the same, waiting too quietly with the message. I had approximately 10 seconds, the time it took for me to walk to my next post, a back lunch table, to discreetly read the message. After doing so, I'd accidentally drop the slip on the floor and a member who was sharing homework answers would step on the slip and retrieve it while tying their shoe.This message didn't take 10 seconds to read because I already knew the content. I'd practically written it.The Sacrifice is complete. The Dead will rise again.



Now Start the Hunt!

Did you notice that word in RED? Make a note of that word--it's one of the words in the puzzle. Your mission is to take that word and visit the rest of the websites in the hunt--collecting the red words as you go--and solving the puzzle. Once you do, you can sign up to win a fabulous prize pack that includes a SIGNED book by EVERY author in the hunt! And if you find MY secret post, you can also enter to win a swag pack.



Ready to go to the next website on the hunt? Click HERE!