Join our fab YA book scavenger hunt! Win books & find new favorite authors, June 1 - 7th

I am so excited to be a part of this super fun way to start to a totally bookish summer! Go to the map at YA SHELF and find out how to get book treasures! Authors will be doing all kind of giveaways. And I will be too! Sign up on my homepage June 1 to 7 for my sporadic newsletter of all things bookish and be entered to win a free signed paperback of Blues Harp Green!

Here's what you have to look forward to as you kick off your summer: The Alliance of Young Adult Authors is sponsoring a massive young adult scavenger hunt. This is a chance to meet some new authors, grab a bunch of free books, and sign up to win a whole bunch of epic prizes! For example, the main prize is a $500 gift card! Check it out (and ignore my weird numbering below. Use the map to find the treasure but you can click the links in the post to see these fab authors!)

RULES

Each author will be given a special keyword, which will be bolded and all caps like this: BUTTERFLIES. All you have to do is visit all the author's sites in this order, write down the special keywords to discover the short story, then enter the giveaway with the completed secret "ya-summer-scavenger-hunt" here: ​ >>Enter Secret Legend to Win the Grand Prize<<

There will be one main giveaway for the main prize, but most of the participating authors will also have smaller giveaways for free books, amazon credit and author swag, so make sure you read their post carefully to see what else they're offering while you're on their site for the keyword.

OPEN JUNE 1ST ~ JUNE 7TH

THE MAP (participating authors) (this is the part where you ignore my numbering...from 100 on.) or CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE MAP AND SEE THIS LIST WITH NORMAL NUMBERS :) ) Don't ask :)

1. Cindy Ray Hale

2. Katherine Bogle

3. Melle Amade

4. David Kudler

5. A.M. Yates

6. Alethea Kontis

7. Stevie Rae Causey

8. Katlyn Duncan

9. Debbie Manber Kupfer

10. Meredith Rose

11. N.M. Howell

12. Lara Ann

13. K.M. Robinson

14. J.A. Culican

15. Heather Karn

16. Rob L. Slater

17. Dylan Keefer

18. Sarah K. Wilson

19. L.J. Higgins

20. Gina Marie Long

21. Em Kazmierski

22. Travis Hall

23. Heather Young-Nichols

24. Anna Santos

25. J.L. Weil

26. Jo Schneider

27. Rebecca Fernfield

28. Kristin D. Van Risseghem

29. Martine Lewis

30. Tara Benham

31. Stacy Claflin

32. Beth Hammond

33. Erica Cope

34. Nicole Zoltack

35. Char Webster

36. Sabrina Ramoth

37. T.J. Muir

38. Raquel Lyon

39. Beth Rodgers

40. S.L. Beaumont

41. Eva Pohler

42. Melanie McFarlane

43. Cheryllynn Dyess

44. Audrey Rich

45. Amanda Zieba

46. Sandie Will

47. Elle Scott

48. Angie Grigaliunas

49. Ashley Maker

50. Mandy Peterson

51. Audrey Grey

52. Elisa Dane

53. Amy McNulty

54. Melinda Cordell

55. Monica Leonelle

56. Claire Luana

57. Frost Kay

58. Preeti C. Sharma

59. Bentz Deyo

60. April Wood

61. Lena Mae Hill

62. Angel Leya

63. Wendi Wilson

64. Wendy Knight

65. Chogan Swan

66. Tamara Hart Heiner

67. Norma Hinkens

68. Patti Larsen

69. Megan Crewe

70. Jamie Thornton

71. Jessie Renée

72. T.A. Maclagan

73. Lydia Sherrer

74. Phyllis Moore

75. P.D. Workman

76. J.A. Armitage

77. K.N. Lee

78. Angela Fristoe

79. Rhonda Sermon

80. G.K. DeRosa

81. Erin Richards

82. Ali Winters

83. Larissa C. Hardesty

84. Kristine Tate

85. Debra Kristi

86. Bella Rose

87. Cortney Pearson

88. Jeff Kohanek

89. Kristal Shaff

90. Rachel Morgan

91. Emma Right

92. C.L. Cannon

93. Joanne Macgregor

94. Lindsey Loucks

95. Farah Cook

96. Erin Hayes

97. Jesikah Sundin

98. Dorothy Dreyer

99. Danielle Annett

100. 100 C.J. Ethington

101. 101 L.C. Hibbett

102. 102 Madeline Dyer

103. 103 Katie John

104. 104 Nicole Schubert

105. 105 Rachel Medhurst

106. 106 Tee G Ayer

107. 107 May Freighter

108. 108 Heather Dyer

109. 109 Jen Minkman

110. 110 J.L. Gillham

111. 111 Karen Tomlinson

112. 112 Kate Haye

113. 113 Megan Linski

114. 114 Martina Billings

115. 115 Jo Ho

116. 116 EE Isherwood

117. Inna Hardison

118. 118 Rachel Bateman

119. Sally Henson 119

120. J.L. Hendricks 120

121. A.L. Knorr 121

122. T.M. Franklin 122

123. Raven Oak 123

124. felisha Antonette 124

125. Jake Devlin125

126. S.F. Benson 126

127. Laurie Treacy 127

128. Emily Martha Sorensen 128

129. Leia Stone 129

130. T. Rae Mitchell 130

131. J. Keller Ford 131

132. Kat Stiles 132

133. Jessica Hawke 133

134. Elyse Reyes 134

135. Sophie Davis 135

136. Bianca Scardoni 136

137. Jenetta Penner 137

138. David R. Bernstein 138

139. Olivia Wildenstein 139

140. Derek Murphy 140

TIMELINE

Authors will post the rules and the full list of participating authors sometime in June, and have their post up and visible on their site/blog, with their keyword, by June 1st. Readers just need to go through the list, find the words, and use the story to enter for the grand prize.