This is Dorothy Dreyer's YASH post for TEAM BLUE.
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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! 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 one signed 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 72 hours!
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
Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the blue 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 April 5th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
SCAVENGER HUNT POST
Today, I am hosting Trisha Leaver on my blog for the YA Scavenger Hunt! Trisha Leaver lives on Cape Cod with her husband, three children, and one rather excitable black lab. It might just be a rumor, but I heard she keeps 9 alligators in a pond in her back yard. She is a chronic daydreamer who prefers the cozy confines of her own imagination to the mundane routine of everyday life. Trisha writes Young Adult Contemporary, Psychological Horror and Science fiction. She is published with FSG/ Macmillan, Flux/Llewellyn, and Merit Press.
Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here!
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
Trisha is sharing a deleted scene from her book, THE SECRETS WE KEEP. First, a little about the book.
"A girl takes over her twin sister's identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters."
Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world.
When--after a heated argument--Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options--confess her deception or live her sister's life.
Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world.
When--after a heated argument--Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options--confess her deception or live her sister's life.
I don't know about you, but I'm dying to read this! And now, the deleted scene from THE SECRETS WE KEEP.
November 3rd
5:19pm
I stare at my wrist, clean and pale from spending weeks in a cast. No more bangles or Pandora bracelets. I even took the time to scrub off the nail polish I’d paid twelve bucks for two days ago. I didn’t want any remnants of Maddy around me when I did this.
The only thing I’ve left on, besides this damn waterproof mascara, is a poor replica of the friendship bracelet Josh gave me a few years ago. I tried for hours to re-create it, weave the strings into just the right pattern. It didn’t look anything like the original one they’d cut off at the hospital, but it was as close as I could get. I needed it on, a reminder of the once constant connection to who I really was . . . who he was to me.
In all of this, he is my only regret. Josh and Josh alone.
November 3rd
5:33pm
I open my eyes, the pain lancing through body pulling me back to consciousness. They lied. This isn’t painless. I’m not slipping peacefully into the darkness. I’m stuck here in searing pain, begging for this to end.
The world around me is swimming. My mind is fuzzy and full of static like a TV tuned to an in-between channel. My thoughts are there, but they are scattered and fleeting, escaping me before I can grasp and finish them.
I hold my breath and sink below the water, hoping that maybe I’ll drown. The water is seeping into my nose, the rusty taste of blood filling my senses. Instinct takes over, forcing me to come up for air. Why can’t it be easier? Why can’t I just let go?
The pain is constant, like a slow torturous reminder of what I’d done. I want to give into to it, to let it take me under, but I can’t. Some part of me is still holding on.
CONTINUE THE HUNT
To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, GWENDA BOND!
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