Welcome to the 2019 Spring YA Scavenger Hunt!
Hi! I’m D. L. Pitchford, your host for this part of the hunt.
A few things about me:
- The last movie I saw in theaters was When Harry Met Sally
- I am at least part cat
- My favorite author is Michael Crichton, even though I rarely write sci-fi
- I’m obsessed with ’80s action flicks like The Running Man, Die Hard, and Big Trouble in Little China
- And all my favorite love songs are by Blue October
You are currently hunting on the Blue Team!
Are you looking for my exclusive content?
Somewhere, I’ve hidden a sneak peek at my gorgeous new cover for ROSES & REVELRY, a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast story and the sequel to my gender-swapped Cinderella story STILETTOS & STARDUST (the featured book you could win during this hunt). But you to have to find it first!
Check out the awesome author I’m hosting and her exclusive content below, but first…
The Hunt Rules
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 7th at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
There are FIVE contests occurring simultaneously, as well as a number of bonus contests, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the Blue Team, but there is also a Red Team, Green Team, Gold Team, and a Purple Team! Check out each team for a chance to win FIVE different sets of some amazing YA 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.
And now, without further ado…
Abigail Johnson
Today, I am hosting the lovely Abigail Johnson and her book Even If I Fall!
Abigail Johnson was born in Pennsylvania. When she was twelve, her family traded in snowstorms for year-round summers and moved to Arizona. Abigail chronicled the entire cross-country road trip in a purple spiral-bound notebook that she still has, and has been writing ever since. She became a tetraplegic after breaking her neck in a car accident when she was seventeen, but hasn’t let that stop her from bodysurfing in Mexico, writing and directing a high-school production of Cinderella, and becoming a published author.
If you want to learn more about Abigail or get in touch, make sure to check out her website and follow her on social media.
Exclusive Content
For the Hunt, Abigail wanted me to share a moodboard for her stunning novel EVEN IF I FALL.
Isn’t that just gorgeous? I’m a huge sucker for suspense and drama, and this book sounds fantastic. I instantly went to add it to my TBR pile, only to realize I already had! Oops!
This story has been called “smart,” “heartfelt,” “genuine,” and “complex,” and it’s perfect for fans of Kasie West, Morgan Matson, and Sarah Dessen. Yes please!
Haven’t heard about EVEN IF I FALL yet?
BROOKE AND HEATH SHOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME FRIENDS, LET ALONE FALLEN IN LOVE.
A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke’s only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally.
When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it’s like. Her brother, alive but gone; his brother, dead but everywhere. Soon, they’re meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.
But when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she’s willing to live with—her family’s or Heath’s. Because she can’t heal one without hurting the other.
Continue the Hunt
For a chance to win a ton of books, including a book by Abigail Johnson and my STILETTOS & STARDUST, you have to enter on the official YA Scavenger Hunt website.
To enter, you have to do some math, and to do that, you need to know my number is 9 (nine). Add up all the Blue Team authors’ numbers to get the secret code for your chance to win the grand prize.
Seriously, just look at all these amazing books on the Blue Team:
Your next step is to head over to the next author’s blog…
Thanks for sharing some of your day with me. Feel free to check out my books, the rest of my website, and subscribe to my newsletter to stay in touch.
