YA Scavenger Hunt!!!
Go to the YA Scavenger Huntpage to find out all about the hunt. There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the ORANGE TEAM–but there is also a red team, a gold team, an blue team, a red team, and an indie team for a chance to win a whole different set of signed books!
If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
Scavenger Hunt Puzzle
Entry Form: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.
Rules: Open internationally, anyone below 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 Thursday, October 1, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
Scavenger Hunt Post
Maria E. Andreu is a writer and speaker whose work has appeared in Newsweek, The Washington Post, NJ.com, and the Newark Star Ledger. Her debut young adult novel, The Secret Side of Empty is a Junior Library Guild Selection, a National Indie Excellence Book Award winner, an International Latino Book Awards Finalist and has been called “captivating” by School Library Journal. Maria currently lives in New Jersey with her two children.
Find out more information by checking out Maria’s website or find more about THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY here!
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He knew. My love for this guy is like gooey marshmallow melting all in my insides. It’s a problem.
I can’t believe we get to do this – that I get to do this with him. I have no idea how I’ve pulled this off. Suddenly I feel a wave come over me: you have to tell him. I hear it almost like a voice commanding me. The urge is so strong I am tempted to clamp my hand over my mouth to control it. It’s like only in telling him my secret will he ever love me, because now… who is he really loving? Not me, but who he thinks I am. He can’t know me unless he knows the whole story.
But, of course, no one can ever know.
With senior year of high school kicking into full swing, M.T. sees her hopes for a “normal” future unraveling. And it will take discovering a sense of trust in herself and others for M.T. to stake a claim in the life that she wants.
Continue the Hunt!
Marissa Kennerson