Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck 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! On 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 one book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 120 hours!

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Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are THREE contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM, but there is also a RED team and a BLUE team with the chance to win a whole different set of 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

Looking for exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching! Look for three things as you read: 1) a secret number I’ve hidden somewhere in this post. Hint: the secret number is highlighted in purple. 2) Exclusive content from the author I’m hosting and 3) a BONUS giveaway that you can only enter here.

Directions: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the purple team, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!). 
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 SUNDAY, October 4th at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

FEATURED AUTHOR

Today, I am hosting Tera Lynn Childs on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt! 

Tera Lynn Childs is the award-winning young adult author of the mythology-based Oh. My. Gods. series, the Forgive My Fins mermaid romance series, the kick-butt monster-hunting Sweet Venom trilogy, and the Darkly Fae series. She also wrote the City Chicks sweet chick lit romance series and co-wrote the Hero Agenda and Creative HeArts series. Tera currently parks her laptop in Las Vegas and spends her time writing wherever she can find a comfy chair and a steady stream of caffeinated beverages.

Find out more information by checking out Tera’s website or find more about her book here! 

Featured Book:

Check out Tera’s book WHAT CORAL WANTS

Fake dating her real crush. What could go wrong?

What straight-A student and all-around good mergirl Coral Ballenato wants is to forget her longtime crush on her best friend’s older brother. Four years of pining from not-so-afar is more than enough. Moving on should be easy now that he’s swum off to college.

Until Zak Marlin comes home for a charity event, newly-single and begging her to be his pretend girlfriend for the week.

She should say no…but surely she can handle playing the role of Zak’s sweetheart. After all, she’s been dreaming about it for years. She just has to make sure her heart is braced for the inevitable end.

But when every minute they spend together makes her fall deeper and deeper for the merguy she’s always loved, how will Coral ever be able to move on when the week is over?

Doesn’t that sound fun–maybe like something you’d want to read 23 times?

BONUS CONTENT:

Tera has provided an exclusive Mini Mermaid Coloring Book. Click the image below to access it!

Now that you know my secret number, don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Tera Lynn Childs, and more!

Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the purple team and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

But before you leave, don’t forget to enter my BONUS GIVEAWAY for the chance to win a $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card.

Click HERE to enter.

CONTINUE THE HUNT To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, AMALIE HOWARD!