Hi! I’m Jill, your hostess for this stop on the Fall YA Scavenger Hunt.
On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number. Add up the numbers, and enter your answer for a chance to win a major prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on my team! That’s 20 books! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday, October 6th!
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 homepage.
SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE
Now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, I’ll introduce the author I am hosting on this hunt.
I am super excited to be hosting…
ELIZABETH NORRIS
Elizabeth Norris briefly taught high school English and history before trading the southern California beaches and sunshine for Manhattan’s recent snowpocalyptic winter. She harbors dangerous addictions to guacamole, red velvet cupcakes, sushi, and Argo Tea, fortunately not all together. Her first series (UNRAVELING, UNDONE, and UNBREAKABLE) is the story of one girl’s fight to save her family, her world, and the one boy she never saw coming.
The book Elizabeth is showcasing on the Fall 2013 Hunt is called UNBREAKABLE, book 2 in the Unraveling Series.
Four months after the end of Unraveling, Janelle is alone dealing with the fallout that comes with just barely saving the world. Then Taylor Barclay shows up. People are disappearing. A human trafficking ring is operating between worlds. And someone high ranking in the government is covering it up by using Ben as the fall guy. With Barclay’s help, Janelle has to find Ben, expose the real people responsible, and save the people who were stolen.
For more on this series or to check out Elizabeth’s other books, check out her website.
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
Now for Elizabeth’s bonus material, a deleted scene from UNBREAKABLE! Are you excited? I am!
It’s when we’re at Albertsons off Camino del Sur, that I see another doppelganger.
This one looks just like Taylor Barclay.
Kevin and Pete are on line control, and Cecily is checking off names, while I hand out a jug of 32 oz of water and a brown paper bag filled with rations for the week to each person.
By now I’m good at playing deaf to the pleas for more, which is why I took charge from Cecily weeks ago. She was so apologetic, it just offered more hope. The begging and bargaining was bad enough, and after Kevin had to put his gun on someone and threaten to shoot them if they didn’t leave, I couldn’t take it anymore.
I’m stone faced and unapologetic as I pass out the food. When people ask me for more or for something different, I look them straight in the eye and respond with a terse, “No,” and ask for the next person. That first week I took over, a few people cursed at me or declared I would be the death of their family, but I know things will get worse before they get better.
I know that doing this now might save them later.
If we run out of supplies before winter is over, it will be the death of everyone. When I announced that, it was pretty much the end of the complaints. Some of the same people grumble each week, but we haven’t had any more fights.
It’s when I’m dealing with a grumbling woman in her forties, who swears she needs a second jug of water for her daughter, that I look up and the “No” on my lips falters.
Because I see Agent Taylor Barclay hanging out near the back of the line.
“J?” Cecily asks.
I refocus on the woman. “One jug per person.”
“But my daughter—”
“You know how it works,” I say. “You need to bring your daughter with you in order for her to get her own rations. Next, please.”
Pete steps forward to herd her along, and I look back to the end of the line. Barclay is still there.
And I’m pretty sure it’s him and not a lookalike.
He’s clean shaven, wearing aviator sunglasses and a worn Red Sox hat. He’s maybe a hundred yards away now, leaning one shoulder against a tree in the parking lot, just far enough from a clump of people waiting in line for rations for me to notice him.
It’s like he wants me to see him, which makes me think he’s the Barclay I know. He’s like that.
I also think it’s him because this isn’t the first time I’ve looked up and done a double take.
A month ago, a few miles east a house, unbroken from the quakes, was up in flames. We tried to help, but it ended up being too late. And when we were getting into the truck to head home, I swore I saw a guy who looked just like Barclay, standing in the crowd of people watching the house burn to the ground.
Then I thought I saw him once on the base. We were about to have a bad rain storm for us, and Struz called a meeting to implement the best ways to “catch” as much water as we could. I could have sworn Barclay was in that meeting.
And once at the school, I saw him. My work-day was over, and I’d gone to the school to pick up Jared, and there he was only about ten feet from me. Or I thought so at least. A group of kids came out and I lost sight of Barclay in the shuffle, and when people had cleared out, I couldn’t find him anywhere.
I can’t think of a single reason Barclay would be waiting for rations and water on my world. He’s not exactly the most compassionate person I ever came across, and there’s a hopeless desperation that weighs heavy on your shoulders here.
We survived, we refused to lie down and die—yet it’s becoming increasingly apparent that we’re not about to pick up and get back to what we were any time soon. It’ll be years before civilization recovers. If ever.
I’m pulled out of my thoughts when the monotony of passing out rations is interrupted. A young girl thrusts a baby in my face. “Feel his forehead,” she says, and I recognize her. She was a freshman at Eastview. I think she was on the dance team.
Cecily reaches over me, feels the baby’s forehead and then pulls back before whispering, “Fever,” in my ear.
I open the lock box at my feet and pull out a bottle of aspirin. I offer the girl in front of me four of them. “Cut them in half, and if he doesn’t get better, take him to the clinic at Pomerado.”
“What? Just walk there?” she says. But she doesn’t expect an answer, which is good. Because I don’t have one.
When the girl turns to leave, I look at Cecily. “Do you see that guy in the crowd, sunglasses and baseball cap, near the back of the line,” I say.
She turns and in typical Cecily fashion is the absolutely opposite of stealthy. Panic shoots through me because suddenly I don’t think letting him know that I see him is a good idea. What if it is Barclay, and I’m tipping my hand?
But then Cecily says, “If by guy you mean that cluster of trees, sure. Otherwise no…” and I look up to see he’s gone. The tree he was standing close to is just an empty planter. I scan the rest of the lot, looking towards what’s left of highway 56 and toward the old It’s a Grind, but I don’t see him anywhere.
Cecily laughs. “Please don’t tell me you’re hallucinating, or at least, if you are, at least tell me he was hot.”
She’s smiling, eyebrows raised. “He was kinda hot, I guess, but not a red head.”
“Then he couldn’t be that hot.” She laughs.
I look back at the end of the line, but either I was seeing things or Barclay is gone.
I’m not sure which should scare me more.
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CONTINUE THE HUNT
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My favorite is Divergent. =)
Good one, Carla!
I think for me it has to be The Testing 🙂
Ooh, haven’t read that one, Maud. I’ll have to look it up.
I’m leaving one comment for both Rafflecopter giveaways.
I don’t have a favorite because each author put his/her own unique spin on how ‘it’ will all ‘end’ and how the people are affected and how they survive, that it isn’t fair to say ‘I like this one the best’; because they are all great. And I know this sounds PC, but in my bibliophile heart, it’s true! Thanks for being apart of the hunt and good luck to everybody!!
I never like picking favorites, either, Katherina. It’s always very hard.
My favourite dystopian novel is The Hunger Games.
I am working on a vampire novel. It’s been in the works for six years, but three of those I didn’t work on it much since I was busy being a new wife then new mama (twice!).
Ooh! Congrats to you three times! That kind of life fun will keep you busy for sure. I started writing when my babies were small. I got them on the same nap schedule, and that’s when I wrote.
And, love Hunger Games! 🙂
I’m leaving a single comment for both question on rafflecopter. I have to say that my favorite distopian novel is Farenheit 451. I know call me a classic. Also, I’m not writing anything at the time since I’m too busy with school and all, but if I had the time, I would write a fantasy novel about mermaids. I love mermaids 🙂
I liked the Uglies series 🙂
Love the Uglies series, Charlotte!
My fave dystopians so far: Delirium series, The Giver, 1984, Divergent series, Shatter Me series, The Pretties series. I pretty much like all of them.
Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi. It is an absolutely poetic series. I fell in love with it from the very first page of the first book.
don’t have a fav; haven’t read many
I have so many; I went through a phase where I was obsessed with Dystopian books. some of my favourite books are; Shatter Me by Taherah Mafi , Divergent byVeronica Roth, Under the Never Sky by veronica Rossi and Awaken by , Katie Kacvinsky
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I’m leaving one comment for both. But first, is this international?
My favourite dystopian… It’s hard to choose since everyone’s ideas are different. I really liked the Delirium series by Lauren Oliver and Struck by Jennifer Bosworth.
The story I’m writing is mainly about angels and demons and they grey in between light and dark. It’s about losing and the gaining of humanity and the events that are needed to happen to change someone’s look on life and others to change it again. Basically, it explores that angels can be just as bit as evil as your stereotypical demons and demons can be every bit as good as your stereotypical angels – there is no real ‘good’ or ‘evil’.
(this is for both raffles) I love the Divergent series! There isn’t enough good mermaid/fairy/princess/manga books, so if I want them I’ll write them!
The book i’ve started ( long ago^^;;) would be more fantasy/sci-fi i think^^
my brother is more epic fantasy and i’m sure this book would be a great help for him too
thank you for the international giveaway
Divergent and the shatter me series.
My favorite dystopian as of recently is probably Catherine Fisher’s Incarceron! It’s very well written and it hooked my right away!
And I am currently writing a fantasy novel through OYAN with a big bad dragon and a hero that doesn’t think he is worth much… 😀
Thanks for hosting the giveaway, Jill!
I don’t write, but my 14 year old daughter loves to write. She’s been writing since she was in 1st grade!
My favorite dystopian is Divergent and Hollows series.
Fahrenheit 451! Love it!
My favourite dystopian novel is Battle Royale 🙂
I write mostly fantasy…
Working on a supernatural fantasy…
I loved “Matched” and “The Selection”! Hard to choose one!!
I’m writing a science fiction series with a Red President in the far future that’s creating a dictatorship out of America after stealing a time machine.
I haven’t read too many, but I did like the Hunger Games series.
I think Farenheit 451 is a classic dystopia and really interesting
I’m writing scifi fanfic and an original fantasy
My favorite dystopian novel? Probably the Cantral Chronicles by Amanda Davis.
What am I writing right now? I’m working on a novel that combines Beauty and the Beast, East of the Sun; West of the Moon, and my own little twists.
Thanks for the giveaways and for being part of the hunt!
Favourite dystopian would have to be….Stitch by Samantha Shannon and what story am I writing right now would have to be it’s a contemporary romance.
definitely divergent
I have lots of favorites: Hunger Games, Divergent, Matched, Delirium, Shatter Me, and Under the Never Sky, to name a few. 🙂 And I’m right now I’m working on a futuristic sci-fi story!
LOVE YA Scavenger Hunt, thank you for the giveaway!!!
My favourite dystopian novel is the Hunger Games series.
It’s a tie between The Hunger Games and Divergent (:
I am writing about a million different stories and I really need to start focusing more on one. From a tragic story to paranormal to epic. I have too many ideas (:
My favorite dystopian novel has to be the Hunger Games since I haven’t read Divergent yet. Currently I have this idea for realistic fiction set in a made up past (I never know what genre that is).
I love Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Also love the Divergent series.
Thanks Jill for being part of YASH and for having an extra giveaway!
My favorite dystopian series is either The Hunger Games or the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth
I love the Divergent series! And I’m not writing anything at the moment 🙁 but I should be! I have a ton of abandoned stories.
My favorite dystopian novel is The Hunger Games.
I’m currently writing a YA fantasy novel.
So. Two for one comment? Hope it’s okay.
Favorite Dystopian… it’s kinda hard because I like so many. I really like the Hunger Games and the Divergent series. Extranormal was good too if that’s considered dystopian.
As for what i’m writing, I’m thinking mythological romance with Hell hounds. :3
My favorite is Starters by Lissa Price. 😀
Alrighty, im doing the comments for both of them.
i dont have a favourite dystopian story,as one. i havent read them all, and two, the authors all picture the END, in diffrent ways, and they use up alot of their imaginations.
i am on fanfiction, and currently im doing a merlin tv and harry potter crossover, and a merlinj one about all the people who he has lost (sad yes i know but still).
Besides i have so many ideas inmy head, i doubt i willl never write them all.
is this competition world wide? As i live in wales not the us.
Thanks for doing YASH!
Either divergent or the selection, I can’t chose!
Soo many I don’t even know where to begin!! I loved the Matched series maybe slightly better than all the others I have loved
I think that my favourite dystopian are 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, but I love Shatter Me and Under the Never Sky too. It’s hard just pick one.
My favorite dystopian novel would probably be either Divergent or The Hunger Games. Right now I’m writing a historical novel taking place in the 1930s. 🙂
I think my favorite dystopian book is DIVERGENT. My kids are working on brainstorming exercises to write. Thanks for the giveaway and for participating! xo
my favorite dystopian is Hunger Games although I’m really loving The Darkest Minds!
I’m writing a YA contemporary book.
Here come both answers…My favorite dystopian novel is Cinder and I really like writing dystopian YA fiction! It’s the best! I’m looking forward to NaNoWriMo in November!
Even though I currently love the Divergent series, I would have to say that my favorite is The Giver.
My favorite dystopian book is Divergent!
HUNGER GAMES!!! I loved that series! However, I have a HUGE list of books I like in this genre. It’s at the top of favorite type of books! Thanks for the great giveaway!!!
I like the Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451, but quite a few others mentioned are on my “to read” list.
And I’ve got some YA fantasy novels swirling in my head – haven’t got them on paper yet.
My favorite dystopian novel so far out of the four I read is Divergent. I’m currently writing nothing right now but a friend and I tried to write a novel based on a letter we had found in one of our classes during our Junior year in high school but never started. We had a whole bunch of ideas but failed to write it out lol.
My favorite is The Hunger Games, closely followed by Divergent. I’m currently writing poetry, participating in a month ong challenge to write 31 poems in 31 days (#Octpowrimo). Thanks for the giveaways!
I can’t pick just one! My favorites are: The Hunger Games, Marie Lu’s Legend series, Dan Wells’s Fragments, Julie Kagawa’s Blood of Eden, and Amy Tintera’s Reboot.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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My favorite Dystopian novel would have to be Article 5 by Kristen Simmons, and I am writing a historical romance novel:)
Raffle 1: My favorites have to be Delirium, Crewel, and the Hunger Games. 😀
Raffle 2: A story of magic, adventure, and dragons. 😉
but I love so many… what comes to mind right now is Legend by Marie Lu 🙂
I am writing a dystopian paranormal romance 🙂
HI thanks for hosting this giveaway! My favorite dystopian right now is Angelfall by Susan Ee =]
Oooh favorite dystopian novel? that is such a hard choice. I definitely enjoyed The Hunger Games when I first read it, but I also thought Divergent was super awesome. And the Swipe Series by Evan Angler is fabulous too. So many choices!! Ahhh!
oooh, favorite dystopian novel? That is such a hard decision. I adored the Hunger Games Trilogy when it came out, but I also think Divergent is fantastic too. And then there is the Swipe Series by Evan Angler, Matched by Ally Condie, ahhh so many choices!
My favorite series is The Hunger Games.
I don’t write as much as I use too when I was a kid. I would start it but I don’t know how to add the little detail and back stories. It’s a lot of work.
The Hunger Games is my favorite.
Thanks for the chance to win!
There are so many to choose from! But since it’s a recent read, I’m going to go with Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano.
Also, I am writing a fantasy/adventure novel at the moment. I’m hoping to finish book 1, so I can start book 2 during NaNo!
Hi there! Thanks for participating in this great giveaway!
It’s not an earthly dystopia, but one of my favorite dystopian novels is Patrick Ness’s Knife of Never Letting Go. So brutal but so good!
Right now I am (supposed to be) outlining my novel for this year’s NaNoWriMo, which is a cynical retelling of the little mermaid.
I haven’t read many dystopian novels, but I really liked Divergent, Shatter Me and Delirium. Thanks for the giveaways. 🙂
HUNGER GAMES all the wayyyy!!!
#TeamPeeta
The Hunger Games-series and the Divergent-series.
Thank you for the giveaway! 😀
I have never read any Dystopian novel but I am gonna start Divergent soon 🙂
During my school years I wrote some poems but now in college I haven’t written even 4 lines I hope to get back to poems and writing in general soon 🙂
For both:
My favorite dystopian novel is Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s take of the future is so interesting!
I’m currently writing a science fiction novel! =)
Thank you for participating!
I can’t decide on a fave dystopian. But some of my top picks would be The Handmaid’s Tale, Divergent and 1984.
Currently working on a YA contemporary.
My favorite dystopian novel is probably Starters or Ender’s Game (if that can even be considered “dystopian”). I enjoyed both immensely.
The book I am writing currently is based loosely on my own life, since people kept telling me that writing my life down and publishing it could help many other teens with their own struggles. I have been working on many different writing projects, and they all include an element of philosophy (as I am a extremely philosophical child). Thank you for these opportunities!
I love The Hunger Games and Divergent series.
I have a few favorite dystopians. The Hunger Games will always be #1 because it was my first, but the other top 2 are Divergent and The Testing. Oh, and I can’t forget the Eve series by Anna Carey because that was amazing too!
I have so many, but my all time favorite is Divergent. Some other ones would be Legend, Under the Never Sky, and Blood of Eden.
Divergent an Black City <3