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\"YASH-ORANGE-TEAM-SPRING-2016-1\"<\/a>Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt!<\/p>\n

This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck<\/a> as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors… and a chance to win some awesome prizes!<\/p>\n

At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive\u00a0one book from each author on the hunt in my team<\/b>!\u00a0<\/b>But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!<\/p>\n

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Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt<\/a>\u00a0page to find out all about the hunt. <\/b><\/h4>\n

There are eight contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the ORANGE\u00a0TEAM<\/span>–but there is also a red team, an orange team, a gold team, a green team, a teal team, a blue team, a purple team, and a pink team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
Directions:<\/b>\u00a0Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden my\u00a0favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the orange\u00a0team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).<\/div>\n
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Entry Form:<\/b>\u00a0Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize<\/a>. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.<\/div>\n
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Rules:<\/b>\u00a0Open 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 April 3, 2016<\/b>, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.<\/div>\n

SCAVENGER HUNT POST<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Today, I am hosting Maria E. Andreu<\/strong>\u00a0on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!<\/div>\n
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Maria E. Andreu<\/strong> 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<\/strong> is a Junior Library Guild Selection, a National Indie Excellence Book Award winner, an International Latino Book Awards Finalist and has been called \u201ccaptivating\u201d by School Library Journal. Maria currently lives in New Jersey with her two children.<\/div>\n
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Find out more information by checking out the author website<\/strong> <\/a>or find more about the author’s book here!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT<\/b><\/h4>\n

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THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is a young adult novel about M.T., a high school senior who is is undocumented. As a straight-A student with a budding romance and loyal best friend, M.T.\u2019s life seems as apple-pie American as her blondish hair and pale skin. But she hides two facts to the contrary: her full name of Monserrat Thalia and her status as an undocumented immigrant.<\/div>\n
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Exclusive Cut Scene below!<\/b><\/div>\n
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He feels electric close to me, like those glass orbs you touch and watch the purple light shoot to your fingers. I feel the energy, like those purple streaks, from him to me and from him to me back again. I run my pinky on his as we stare up at the clear fall sky, the carpet of leaves crunchy beneath me any time I move my feet. His jacket cradles my neck, the same way I bunch up my pillow when I\u2019m trying to fall asleep, just in the spot where he placed it perfectly, like he knew. If you are in the market for superclone , Super Clone Rolex is the place to go! The largest collection of fake Rolex watches online!<\/p>\n

He knew. My love for this guy is like gooey marshmallow melting all in my insides. It\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t believe we get to do this \u2013 that I get to do this with him. I have no idea how I\u2019ve 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\u2019s like only in telling him my secret will he ever love me, because now\u2026 who is he really loving? Not me, but who he thinks I am. He can\u2019t know me unless he knows the whole story.<\/p>\n

But, of course, no one can ever know.<\/p>\n

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Isn’t that gorgeous?<\/h4>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Maria E. Andreu, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is\u00a023<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the orange\u00a0team\u00a0and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!<\/p>\n

CONTINUE THE HUNT<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author!<\/div>\n