{"id":4040,"date":"2016-10-04T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2016-10-04T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:54:10","slug":"fall-2016-ya-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/?p=4040","title":{"rendered":"FALL 2016 YA SCAVENGER HUNT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween.jpg\" alt=\"ya_scavengerhunt_webbannerhalloween\" width=\"1018\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/YA_ScavengerHunt_WebBannerhalloween-500x222.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><em>WELCOME TO THE 13<sup>TH<\/sup> YA SCAVENGER HUNT!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey, there, I\u2019m Ilsa Bick, and your hostess for this leg of the hunt\u2014and yes, I might kill you if you try to take my cheese.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2012-pictures-2011-06-10-045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2012-pictures-2011-06-10-045-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"isle royale\" width=\"940\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2012-pictures-2011-06-10-045-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2012-pictures-2011-06-10-045-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2012-pictures-2011-06-10-045-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are currently hunting on <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>TEAM ORANGE<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"orange-team\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for <em>my <\/em>exclusive bonus content? HAH! \u00a0Dream on; not here. \u00a0You\u2019ll have to keep searching, but before you go looking,\u00a0a couple rules:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SCAVENGER HUNT RULES<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number.<\/li>\n<li>That means that, somewhere on this page, you\u2019ll find <em>my<\/em> favorite number.<\/li>\n<li>Find the favorite numbers of all the authors on <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>TEAM ORANGE<\/strong><\/span><strong>. <\/strong>You do that by following the link at the bottom of each post to the next author on that team.<\/li>\n<li>Along the way, you\u2019ll get access to <em>EXCLUSIVE CONTENT<\/em> from each participating YA author\u2014which is cool in and of itself. Sometimes that might be a deleted scene or a snippet from an upcoming novel or a long-winded essay on cultural appropriation by yours truly or, maybe, a picture of a cat. Just depends.<\/li>\n<li>Once you\u2019ve collected all the numbers supplied by the authors of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>TEAM ORANGE<\/strong><\/span><strong>, <\/strong>add them up.<\/li>\n<li>Then, head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yash.rocks\/p\/enter-here.html\"><em>here <\/em><\/a>to fill out the official entry form for the hunt\u2019s <strong>GRAND PRIZE<\/strong>. Only entries with the correct number will qualify, so check your math. Twice.<\/li>\n<li>Although this is open internationally, anyone under 18 must have a parent or guardian\u2019s permission to enter. I know, bummer, but it\u2019s a legal thing. And don\u2019t lie: that way leads to madness.<\/li>\n<li>To be eligible for the <strong>GRAND PRIZE<\/strong>, you must submit the completed entry form <strong>NLT 12:00 p.m. PST on October 9<\/strong>. Entries sent without the correct number or relevant contact information will be automatically disqualified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, the payoff for all that addition is that one lucky guy or gal will receive at least one book from each author on <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>TEAM ORANGE<\/strong><\/span><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AS IF THAT WEREN\u2019T ENOUGH, <\/strong>a whopping <em>SIX <\/em>contests will be going simultaneously, and you\u2014you lucky devil, you\u2014can enter one or two or all six. As I said, I\u2019m on <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>TEAM ORANGE<\/strong><\/span><strong>, <\/strong>but you have the option of also checking out Teams <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">PURPLE<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BLUE<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">RED<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #008000;\">GREEN<\/span>, <\/strong>and <strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">GOLD<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want more information? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yash.rocks\/p\/enter-here.html\"><em>Bop on over to here<\/em><\/a> to see links to all the participating authors and\u2014more importantly\u2014the full list of prizes up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And now, without further ado, let me introduce the author I\u2019m hosting on this hunt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&lt;cue drum roll&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody\u2014and yes, that means you\u2014let me introduce . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ALEXANDRA MONIR!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monir-headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monir-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"monir-headshot\" width=\"621\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monir-headshot.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Monir-headshot-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Monir is the author of the popular time-travel YA novel TIMELESS, as well as its sequel, TIMEKEEPER, and a romantic thriller, SUSPICION. She is also a professional recording artist and composer. Alexandra and her husband live in Los Angeles, where she is at work on her next novel, a space thriller that&#8217;s already been optioned by Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The book Alexandra\u2019s showcasing: <strong>THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Girl-in-the-Picture-Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Girl-in-the-Picture-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"girl-in-the-picture-cover\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Girl-in-the-Picture-Cover.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Girl-in-the-Picture-Cover-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ABOUT<\/strong> <strong>THIS BOOK<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Morgan has been labeled many things\u2014the geeky music girl, the shy sidekick of Miss Popularity, and the girl with the scar. Now only one name haunts her through the halls of Oyster Bay Prep. &#8220;The girl in the picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After heartthrob Chace Porter is found dead in the woods near the school, the police search for the girl snuggled up beside him in a picture discovered among his personal effects. A girl no one knew was even close to him\u2014and whose best friend, Lana Rivera, was his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole is that girl, and now she\u2019s the primary suspect in his murder.<\/p>\n<p>What happened that night? Were Nicole and Chace dating behind Lana\u2019s back? Were he and Lana over? Could either of the girls have killed him?<\/p>\n<p>In alternating points of view\u2014that of suspect Nicole Morgan and that of Lana Rivera\u2014The Girl in the Picture helps readers piece together the truth behind a friend\u2019s betrayal, a boy\u2019s murder, and way too many secrets.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>And now a word from Alexandra herself: \u201cIn honor of YASH, I&#8217;m excited to share with you a favorite scene from my upcoming novel, <strong>THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE<\/strong>. This is one of the moments where the relationship between our two narrators, Lana and Nicole, starts to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><u>From Chapter 10<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m used to hearing Nicole practice what she calls \u201cscales\u201d in our dorm room, playing the same annoying sequence of notes over and over until I want to hit her with my pillow. I\u2019m not used to\u2026<em>this.\u00a0<\/em>I\u2019m not used to music that pierces my insides, that covers my skin with goosebumps, that makes me want to cry for no reason.<\/p>\n<p>I glance at Chace. He\u2019s watching in open-mouthed amazement, as if she\u2019s the only thing that exists in this moment. But he\u2019s not the only one. Looking around the room, I see all of my mom\u2019s jaded colleagues and friends rapt, their forks frozen in midair, forgetting to eat. An older man dabs his eyes with a handkerchief.<\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s my friend up there,\u00a0<\/em>I remind myself. I\u2019m proud of her, I am. But I also feel a red-hot, searing envy. What have I ever done in comparison? I\u2019ve never been able to bring a room to an awed hush. My parents have never looked on proudly as my talents moved people to tears. I might be a star in my little world at Oyster Bay Prep, but Nicole is an\u00a0<em>actual\u00a0<\/em>star. And the way my boyfriend is looking and listening to her right now, it makes me feel\u2026insignificant. Something I never imagined I could be.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole finishes the song with one final, breathtaking note. And then, after a moment of silence, the foyer fills with applause. The applause grows to a standing ovation, and of course I leap to my feet with Chace and Samantha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow\u2019s\u00a0<em>that\u00a0<\/em>for proving Oyster Bay is teaching our students well?\u201d my mom exclaims as she rejoins Nicole, giddy from her idea proving such a success. She hugs my friend and iPhone flashes go off, her guests capturing the moment. And I\u2019m happy for her, I am, I am. I\u2019m not jealous.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not jealous.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Oh, <em>riiiight. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Okay: color me interested.<\/p>\n<p>Which is good, people, because\u00a0Alexandra\u2019s running a <strong>BONUS<\/strong> <strong>GIVEAWAY<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cIf\u00a0you&#8217;d like to win an advance copy of\u00a0<em>The Girl in the Picture\u00a0<\/em>annotated by the author, simply follow me on Twitter @TimelessAlex and tweet <em>Enter me to win #TheGirlInThePicture<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Man, I\u2019d tweet that, like, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">88<\/span> times if it\u2019d help <em>me <\/em>win.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me, though, you never win anything, am I right? \u00a0So, just in case,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-girl-in-the-picture-alexandra-monir\/1123454740?ean=9780385743907\"> <em>here&#8217;s where you can find Alexandra&#8217;s book.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Alexandra, check her out\u00a0on Twitter\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TimelessAlex\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and Facebook\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TimelessSeries\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to enter the contest for your chance to win a\u00a0<em>ton\u00a0<\/em>of books, signed by me and the other authors on my team. \u00a0I mean, guys, just look at what you could win:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"orange-team-yash-fall-2016\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Orange-Team-YASH-Fall-2016.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, last time I&#8217;ll nudge: but don&#8217;t forget that you need to find and write down not only\u00a0<em>my\u00a0<\/em>favorite number, but\u00a0<em>all\u00a0<\/em>the other numbers on\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">TEAM ORANGE<\/span>. \u00a0<\/strong>Add them up, and you&#8217;ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much for stopping by, guys. \u00a0Ready to move on to the next link in the hunt? \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emilsher.com\/\"><em>Well, click here for Emil Sher.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME TO THE 13TH YA SCAVENGER HUNT! Hey, there, I\u2019m Ilsa Bick, and your hostess for this leg of the hunt\u2014and yes, I might kill you if you try to take my cheese. You are currently hunting on TEAM ORANGE&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilsajbick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}