Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt! There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter them both! I am a part of the RED TEAM–but there is also a blue team, which give you a chance to win a completely different set of twenty-five signed books!
All you have to do is add up the clues and enter the winning code for your chance to win the grand prize contest–one lucky winner will receive a signed book from each author on The Hunt from The Red Team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) starts on April 4th at noon (PST), and ends on Sunday, April 7th at noon!
This tri-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to find exciting new authors, gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and get a chance to win some awesome prizes!
Visit the official YA Scavenger Hunt page to learn more about The Hunt, view links to the participating authors, and the list of prizes!
Solve the Puzzle
Directions: I’ve listed my favorite number below. Collect the favorite numbers from all of the authors on the red team, add them up, and discover the winning number (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!). Go to the go to the entry form and enter the winning number to submit your official entry. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.
Contest Rules: Open internationally. Anyone under the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 7th at noon Pacific Time. Entries submitted without the correct number, without contact information, or after the deadline will not be considered. The winner will be chosen at random from the qualified entries for each team.
Meet the Author: Lea Nolan
Today, I am hosting Lea Nolan on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!
Lea Nolan writes the kinds of stories she sought as a teen—smart paranormals with bright heroines, crazy-hot heroes, diabolical plot twists, plus a dose of magic, a draft of romance, and a sprinkle of history. She’s holds degrees in history and women’s studies concentrating in public policy and has worked in health care policy for nearly twenty years. She lives in Maryland with her heroically supportive husband and three clever children. Her debut YA novel, CONJURE, is the first book one in The Hoodoo Apprentice Series.
Find out more information by checking out Lea’s website or find more about CONJURE here!
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CONJURE by Lea Nolan
Be careful what you search for…Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry–hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma’s ever-present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eighteenth-century message in a bottle surfaces, revealing a hidden pirate bounty. Lured by the adventure, the trio discovers the treasure and unwittingly unleashes an ancient Gullah curse that attacks Jack with the wicked flesh-eating Creep and promises to steal Cooper’s soul on his approaching sixteenth birthday. But when a strange girl appears bent on revenge, demon dogs become a threat, and Jack turns into a walking skeleton, Emma has no choice but to learn hoodoo magic to undo the hex, all before summer—and her friends—are lost forever.
Check out Lea’s special content for The YA Scavenger Hunt and read this short excerpt from CONJURE’s deleted chapter.
I sprinkle the powder over the glowing chips. The herb mixture ignites as it hits the hot charcoal, spitting and crackling like tiny beads of gunpowder. A cloud of gray-green smoke billows up from the center of the pan.
The sky darkens as the clouds shift and converge, blocking out the sun.
Miss Delia thrusts Jack’s baseball cap at me. “Quick, fish out your brother’s hair and add it to the pan.”
I tug the jet-black strand from the inside of the brim. It’s straight and coarse, almost like a strand of wire, and way thicker than mine. Definitely Jack’s. As I toss it onto the coals, Miss Delia grasps my hand and chants, “As dawn breaks night, and heat melts ice, turn back this curse and restore Jack’s life.”
A blast of wind barrels across the backyard, whipping the rear of the house and rattling the windows. A ghostly moan surrounds the bottle tree.
A flash bursts in the pan, and a fireball leaps into the air, blowing the powdered mixture all over the kitchen and us. A split second later, the flames collapse on themselves, retracting back into the pan with a loud sucking sound that smothers all the heat. Even the charcoal has stopped glowing.
Miss Delia starts, then leans toward the quiet pan, holding her hand above the coals that blazed just a second ago. Her eyes are fixed in stunned confusion. I lift my hand and hold it next to hers. There’s no residual heat. It’s completely cool. Miss Delia pokes a tentative finger at a charcoal chip. It disintegrates into a heap of ash.
Suddenly a loud and ferocious bark booms from outside Miss Delia’s kitchen window. Deep and gravelly, it’s almost more of a roar than a bark. The yowl repeats, brutal in its persistence, filling my stomach with dread. I spring off my stool and race to the window to see what’s outside.
A giant black dog with long, glossy fur and electric yellow eyes stands in the middle of Miss Delia’s herb garden, howling its enormous head off. It’s at least as big as a pony, but I’m sure it’s a dog.
Some kind of crazy-eyed, half-Newfoundland, half-Doberman beast.
CONTINUE THE HUNT
Remember to enter the Red Team’s contest for your chance to win a bunch of signed books–including books by me, Lea Nolan, Suzanne Lazear and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 31. Once you’ve collected all of the Red Team’s favorite numbers, add them together and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
Continue your quest to complete the hunt and visit Suzanne Lazear! But before you go, here’s…
~Your Extra Chance to Win~
a Copy of Futuredaze
In addition to the YA Scavenger Hunt contest, I’m also running my own contest. Enter here to win a signed copy of FUTUREDAZE. The entry with the most points wins! If there is a tie, those contestants will be entered into a random drawing to determine the winner. This contest is open internationally. If you are under 18 years old, please be sure to get your parent’s permission to enter.
How to get your points (one point per item, 4 total):
- Follow Erin on Twitter at @ErinUnderwood
- Like Underwords Blog on Facebook
- Submit your entry to the YA Scavenger Hunt
- Leave me a comment here (on this blog post) telling me how many points to give you. Leaving a comment counts as 1 point.
hi! Thanks for the chance to win this!
Liked on FB +1
follow on Twitter +1
comment +1
twitter: @knoxdiver
Facebook: Mary Hinson
will submit my entry as soon as all blog posts are live
comment
Total: 4 points!
Thanks for being part of this YASH and for doing an extra giveaway!
Thanks for the extra giveaway!
Twitter: @Ruthsic
facebook: Krutula Nair
will post for YASH
Total: 4 points
This giveaway and hunt is amazing. I am obsessed with all the exclusives and giveaways! Twitter: jw08k, Facebook: Jordan White, this comment, and YASH = 4 points!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Liked on FB +1 (Gaby Navarro)
follow on Twitter +1 (@GabyLafara)
comment +1
submitted entry for YASH +1
Total: 4 points
4 points for me! Twitter: RippedLibrarian Facebook: Megan Robertson
Great giveaway!!!
Liked on Twitter + 1
Liked on Facebook +1
YASH entered +1
Commented +1
Total: 4 points! 🙂
Liked on Twitter + 1
Liked on Facebook +1
YASH entered +1
Commented +1
Total: 4 points!
facebook jennifer flores
twitter @sakuralight12
Hi! 3 points for me, facebook, this comment, and entering the scavenger hunt! Thank you 🙂
Amazing Giveaway!! =D
Entering YASH +1
Commenting +1
Total=2 points
4 points total – @awac4ever
Facebook – 1 pt
Twitter – 1 pt
Comment – 1 pt
Entering S.H. – 1 pt
Thanks for participating! 🙂
4 Points.
facebook, Twitter, Comment, and Submitting entry for allover contest.
Twitter: @MaudGrefte
Facebook: Maud Grefte
so Facebook + Twitter + submitting + comment = 4 points 🙂
I liked you on Facebook … I followed you on Twitter … I’m leaving you a comment … and you wanted me to tell you how many points I should be awarded? I think infinity +1 would be enough. I don’t think that one could be beat!!! : ) Thanks for doing the Scavenger Hunt. It has been fun!
Twitter follower @booksbysteph. Like on FaceBook, Stephanie Ziegler. And my comment is – Thank you!
And I submitted to the red team in the SH (still waiting on that one blog in blue).
4 pts.
Thank you for the extra giveaway!!
Twitter: @PPecegueiro
facebook: Pedacinho Literário
will post for YASH
Commented on the blog
Total: 4 points
Followed on twitter and left a comment! 😀
Thank you for the giveaway!
Twitter: @Libroslibelula
Facebook: Camii Lorusso
will post for Yash
Commented on the bolg
Total : 4 points
Thanks for your awesome giveaway!
Twitter @kassie22
Posted for YASH (Yay!)
Commented…check
🙂
Twitter, Facebook, Comment and will be entering YASH when I finish tonight so 4 points!
Thanks for this giveaway!
Twitter (@rima1166), Facebook (Rima Hamze), comment and YASH = 4 points!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
+1 Facebook: Rabiah Rowther
+1 YASH entry
+1 Comment 🙂
Hi! Thanks for the awesome opportunity to win! 🙂
+1 Facebook (Jesselle H. Villegas)
+1 Twitter (@_jhvillegas)
+1 YASH entry
+1 Comment
Total: 4 points
Thank you for being apart of the YA Scavenger Hunt and the giveaway.
Twitter: @rajkumari378
Facebook: Mary Shoemaker
YASH entry
Commented
Total=4 points
4 points please
twitter: @love2dazzle
facebook: ali b
yash entry
comment
Thank you
email: dazzledbybooks(at)gmail(dot)com
Liked on FB
followed on twitter
entering SH
yash entry
4points!
chynangie@yahoo.com
Thank you for your participation and additional giveaway!
4 Point I did all the above! ;0)
3 points 🙂 Thanx fr the giveaway 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway and for being part of YASH!
4 points for me, please:
Liked on FB (C D-H)
Followed on Twitter (@mrsmonnandez)
Entering YASH
Commenting here
Thank you for being part of the scavenger hunt and for the giveaway!
Followed on Twitter (@readergirl12345) =1
Liked on Facebook (Megan Ma) =1
YASH entry =1
Commenting on blog post =1
4 points total
Hi! 🙂
Thanks so much for participating in the hunt and doing a giveaway!
1. Followed on Twitter (Mz_Uniiksta).
2. Liked Underwords Blog on Facebook (Mary Perez).
3. Submited entry to the YA Scavenger Hunt.
4. Commented here. 🙂
4 points!
– followed on twitter: twveronika
-liked on FB: Tw Veronika
-YASH entry
-commented 🙂
Thanks for the amazing giveaway.
+1 Liked on FB: Cricket Purists NZ
+1 Followed on Twitter: @TopsyTurvy_Ash
+1 Submitted entry to the YA Scavenger Hunt.
+1 Commented.
= 4 points.
Thank you for the giveaway!
Followed on Twitter + 1 (@Loveliciouzz)
Liked on Facebook +1 (Frida Petersson)
YASH entry +1
Commented +1
Total: 4 points.
Thanks for the chance.
Follow on twitter @natcleary +1
FB as Natalie Cleary +1
Entry into the YASH (will be done once Ive every number) +1
Commented +1
Total = 4
natcleary at gmail dot com
twitter: @katie89
Facebook: Katie89
YASH entry
Comment
Total: 4 points!
Thanks for being part of this YA scavenger Hunt and for doing an extra giveaway! I always find great new books and authors whilst participating
Twitter: @Readingfordays
YASH (once I find all the numbers)
Commented (obviously haha)
Total: 3
Thanks for the giveaway! It’s a lot of fun haha 🙂
I entered in the YASH, and I commented:
Total:2
Thank you for the YASH and the giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Twitter: @lagrimasofperla
Facebook: Laura Lagrimas de perla
Commented 🙂
Total: 3
(will submit my entrie to the YASH later)
Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
Liked on Facebook +1 (Alyssa Llanes)
Followed on Twitter +1 (@operativealyssa)
Commented +1
Submitted entry for #YASH +1
Total: 4 points
Awesome giveaway!
I liked you on FB (Rebecka Jakobsson)
Followed on Twitter (@JakobssonR)
Submitted entry for YASH
Commented
Thats 4 points, right? 😉
4 points! thanks for the giveaway
4 points! thanks for the giveaway
Hi, Tonya,
Congratulations! You’re the winner of the special Futuredaze contest! I’ll send you an email offline with more information.
Cheers,
Erin
Facebook – 1 pt
Twitter – 1 pt
Comment – 1 pt
Entering S.H. – 1 pt
Total: 4 points 😀
Thanks for being part of YASH!
Facebook = 1 pt
Twitter = 1 pt
Comment = 1 pt
Entering YASH = 1 pt
Total: 4 points!!
Thanks for hosting a giveaway and being part of YASH!
3 points
Thank you for the chance to win!
twitter @msaching
entering yash
comment
+1 Followed on Twitter @MiltiadouK
+1 Liked Underwords Blog on Facebook as Kristia Miltiadou
+1 Will Submit my entry as soon as I finish with my calculator lol
+1 comment
4 points, thank you 🙂
4 points!
facebook: lis carcamo
twitter: @NoxInvictus7
comment
YASH entered!
Hello !
FB Gwenola Hamelin
Twitter alphabetisecaya
a comment and YASH netered, so that’s 4 point !
Thanks for the contest.
Thanks for the giveaway.
+1 Facebook Danny Martin
+1 Twitter @lahuespedfans
+1 comment +1 YASH
Total: 4
Liked on Facebook: Christelle Annette
Commented
Entered YASH
Total: 3
Thanks for participating in YASH! Awesome giveaway! 😀
Liked on Facebook, followed on Twitter, entered YASH and here I am commenting!
Total: 4
liked on FB
follow on twitter
entered YASH
commenting
4 points
Thanks for being part of the hunt.
– I liked on FB
-I follow on twitter
-I entered YASH
+commenting
= 4 points
Liked on facebook + 1
Followed on Twitter +1
Will enter YASH as soon as I finish finding all the favorite numbers + 1
Commenting + 1
= 4 points 🙂
Liked on Facebook
Followed on Twitter
Comment
entered YASH
4 points
Not entering the contest, but thank you so much for being part of the spring YASH! <3
+1 Twitter: @Reads4Comfort
+1 Facebook: Paige Bradish
+1 Completed Entry For Red Team (I will when I get all the numbers)
+1 Comment 🙂
paige_bradish@yahoo.com
1. Liked you on FB: Beth Rivard
2. This Comment!
3. Entry for red team
3 points!
!) liked on FB (ashley snyder)
2) Commented here
3) entered red team
4) followerd on twitter!! (@ryansnyder93)
Thanks for the giveaway!!
+1 Facebook: Tiffaney Rice
+1 Twitter: tiffany_rice
+1 comment
Thanks for the hunt!
FB, YA entry, post= 3 points
Thanks for the giveaway!
+1 Facebook Like (Monica Gutierrez)
+1 Twitter Follower (@monica254)
+1 YASH Submission
+1 Comment
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4 TOTAL
+1 YASH submission
+1 comment
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2 TOTAL
I liked, followed, and am entering the Scavenger hunt shortly! So, 4 points.
+1 Facebook Like as Natasha Donohoo
+1 YASH submission
+1 comment
So 3 points.
Thanks for the chance to win!
3 POINTS for me!
Liked you in FB via Kristoffer Von Peralta
Followed you in Twitter via @mrbookwonder
AND JOINED THE AMAZING YASH!
Awesome giveaway! Just this one entry!
4 points
+1 twitter @jbsmunky
+1 FB Shauna Olen Buck
+1 entring contest
+1 comment
Thansk!
4 points!!
Facebook like: Melissa Robles
Twitter follow: @MeliRobles
Entry contest
Comment
Thanks!
4 points!
Twitter: @phisigdeanna
Facebook: Deanna Babcock
Thanks!!
4 points!!
Facebook: Sarah Kalaitzidis
Twitter: @red_tigergirl2
Commented
Submitted my entry to red!
Facebook: 1 pt ( Olivia den Dulk)
Will enter for YASH: 1pt
Commented: 1 pt
Total: 3 points
Thanks for the giveaway and being part of YASH!
Total = 4 points 🙂
+1 Facebook : Rose Lennart
+1 Twitter : @sweetyindia
+1 Entered in YASH
+1 Commented
Thanks for the international giveaway!!
sweety225(at)rocketmail(dot)com
Amazing giveaway! 🙂
Facebook: Anastasia Gkaitatzi
Twitter: @AnastasiaGkaita
Entered in YASH
Commented! 🙂
4 points!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Facebook: Francesca Duong
Twitter: @FrancescaDuong9
Entered in the YASH
Commented 🙂
4 Points total!!
¡Thanks for the Exclusive Content! *-*
And sure, thanks for the giveaway
Facebook: Armando Read
Twitter: @ReadingIamHappy
Entered in the YASH: Armando Read
🙂
Twitter: @brittany_bee112
Facebook: Brittany Ashby
I entered YASH
And a comment = 4 points 🙂
Thank you for the giveaway! 🙂
twitter: @heyrunawaynow
facebook: Rachel Kessler
I will submit my form as soon as I am finished!
I commented.. I feel that is redundant, but whatever 😀
Total: 4 points
3 points for me: liked you on facebook, submitting my entry for YASH as soon as I finish here, and left a comment 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Kassiah @SwoonyBoys
Thanks for the giveaway! 3 points for me: twitter @whatsherface02, red team entry, and blog comment =]
1 x twitter – @NomisPP
1 x facebook – Naomi Hop
1 x YASH entry
1 x comment
total = 4
Thanks for the awesome giveaway and being a part of the YASH!!
Hello! Thanks so much for this giveaway and being part of the YASH!
So here it is:
1 Twitter: @Laetienglandono
1 Facebook- Laetitia Dubreucq
1 YASH entry
1 Comment
= 4 points
Thanks so much! Have a good day!
Twitter: @pnrkate
FB: Kate Bell
+1 for YASH entry
+1 for coment
=4
Thanks for the giveaway. I love these scavenger hunts. I find so much about authors that I loved already and a few authors I’m less familiar with. It’s fantastic.
I’m excited to have learned about Conjure. I recently made a short film about hoodoo that I filmed in a Charleston graveyard, so I’m always on the lookout for stories about Gullah magic. Sign me up for three entries (twitter, YASH entry, and comment). Thanks for being a part of the hunt!
Twitter: @Mythical_Word
FB: Mythical Word
Thanks for the giveaway!
Twitter: MaRebollar74
Facebook: Monica Aguilar
Comment
YASH
4 points total 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
+1 commenting
I have two points 🙂
Total 4pts
+1 Followed via Twitter – @Pback_Princess
+1 “Liked” Facebook page – Angelica Joy (FB Username)
+1 Submitted my #YASH entry
+1 Commenting
Thanks for such a generous giveaway! Looking forward to reading FutureDaze 😀
I followed you on Twitter (@cassiebt93), liked the blog on Facebook (Cassandra Tennison), and submitted my YASH entry! 4 points total! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway. I liked on facebook, followed on twitter, entered the YASH and commented, giving me 4 points. Thanks a lot!
Facebook- Shubhi Singh (1 point)
Twitter- @Shubhzi_Singh (1 point)
Submitted entry for the red team (1 point)
Commented (1 point)