{"id":3541,"date":"2015-04-02T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2015-04-04T16:34:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T23:34:27","slug":"ya-scavenger-hunt-spring-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/02\/ya-scavenger-hunt-spring-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"YA Scavenger Hunt-Spring 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Welcome to the 10th YA Scavenger Hunt!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yash-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"yash\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yash-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yash-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/yash.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hello! I am Colleen Houck,<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">your hostess for this leg of the hunt.<\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-02-19-06.22.06-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3706\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-02-19-06.22.06-2-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-02-19 06.22.06-2\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-02-19-06.22.06-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-02-19-06.22.06-2-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>About Me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">My favorite mythological creature is a dragon.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I went on a cruise for the first time last year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I do all my writing in my bedroom.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I went to school to be a teacher.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">I&#8217;m fluent in American Sign Language.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">You are currently hunting on<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TEAM\u00a0BLUE!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3707 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"????????????????????????????????????????\" width=\"418\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-1-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Team 1\" width=\"366\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Blue-Team-1-828x1024.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for my exclusive bonus content? You\u2019ll have to keep searching.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere on this blog hop, I\u2019ve hidden a sneak peek from the first\u00a0book in my brand new Egyptian series, REAWAKENED. AND you&#8217;ll get to find out what the title of book two will be! Shocking reveals are just around the corner. Before you go looking for it, check out the amazing author I\u2019m hosting.<\/p>\n<p>But, first, a few rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES<\/b><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Directions:<\/b>\u00a0Below, you&#8217;ll notice that I&#8217;ve listed my\u00a0favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TEAM BLUE<\/span>, and then add them up (don&#8217;t worry, you can use a calculator!)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HINT: THE SECRET NUMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED IN\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #0000ff;\">BLUE<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Entry Form:<\/b>\u00a0Once you&#8217;ve added up all the numbers, <a href=\"http:\/\/yascavengerhunt.blogspot.com\/p\/enter-here.html\">make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize<\/a>. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Rules:<\/b>\u00a0Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian&#8217;s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by <strong>SUNDAY, APRIL\u00a05TH<\/strong>, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.<\/p>\n<h5>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 it for a chance to win a major prize\u2013one lucky winner will receive at least one signed book from each author on my team in the hunt! But play fast. This contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday, April\u00a05th!<\/h5>\n<p>There are EIGHT\u00a0contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BLUE TEAM<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span>but there is also a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">RED TEAM,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #a88007;\">GOLD TEAM,<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">ORANGE TEAM<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">,<\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #a88282;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">PINK TEAM,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">PURPLE TEAM<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">TEAL TEAM,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>&amp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">GREEN TEAM<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Check out each team for a chance to win eight different sets of signed books!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;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<a href=\"http:\/\/yascavengerhunt.blogspot.com\/p\/prizes.html\"> the YA Scavenger Hunt page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, I\u2019ll introduce the author I am hosting on this hunt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I am super excited to be hosting\u2026<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>GWENDA BOND!<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/author.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3708\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/author-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"author\" width=\"310\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/author-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/author-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/author.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>GWENDA&#8217;S BIO<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Gwenda Bond is the author of Girl on a Wire, a novel about a daredevil heroine who discovers magic and mystery lurking beneath the big top. Next up is Lois Lane: Fallout in May 2015. Her previous novels include The Woken Gods and Blackwood. She has also written for Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications. She has an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband, author Christopher Rowe, and their menagerie. Visit her online at www.gwendabond.com or @gwenda on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Colleen here-My house isn&#8217;t nearly as old. I think it&#8217;s around\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #a88282;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">20<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0No. Maybe it&#8217;s only ten years old. It&#8217;s my mortgage that won&#8217;t be paid off for twenty more years.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The book Gwenda\u00a0is showcasing in the YA Scavenger Hunt this season is<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>LOIS LANE: FALLOUT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/loise-lane-fallout-final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3709 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/loise-lane-fallout-final-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"loise-lane-fallout-final\" width=\"370\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/loise-lane-fallout-final-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/loise-lane-fallout-final.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Colleen here-Love the title and the cover. It stirs the imagination just looking at it.\u00a0In case you&#8217;re as deeply curious about the story now as I am. You&#8217;re in luck. Here&#8217;s some info on it.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Lois Lane is starting a new life in Metropolis. An Army brat, Lois has lived all over\u2014and seen all kinds of things. (Some of them defy explanation, like the near-disaster she witnessed in Kansas in the middle of one night.) But now her family is putting down roots in the big city, and Lois is determined to fit in. Stay quiet. Fly straight. As soon as she steps into her new high school, though, she can see it won\u2019t be that easy. A group known as the Warheads is making life miserable for another girl at school. They\u2019re messing with her mind, somehow, via the high-tech immersive videogame they all play. Not cool. Armed with her wit and her new snazzy job as a reporter, Lois has her sights set on solving this mystery. But sometimes it\u2019s all a bit much. Thank goodness for her maybe-more-than-a friend, a guy she knows only by his screenname, SmallvilleGuy\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Colleen here-OH NO YOU DIDN&#8217;T! Gwenda! Perhaps you are not aware that I have a SLIGHT Superman obsession. This one just shot to the top of my reading list. I will be totally thumbing through that book looking for gorgeous blue eyes and a curled lock of hair.<\/span><\/address>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">TOP SECRET BONUS MATERIAL STRAIGHT AHEAD!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a Sneak Peek Into The Behind The Scenes Of LOIS LANE: FALLOUT<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">What Would Lois Do? <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">by Gwenda Bond<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">My first encounter with Lois Lane is one shared with millions of people, and no doubt some of you reading this: Margot Kidder\u2019s witty, sharp, sincere portrayal opposite Christopher Reeve\u2019s Superman. I\u2019ve often said that I\u2019m not sure anymore whether I love that version of Superman so much because of my affinity for great, banter-filled classic screwball films and their effortless mash-up of humor with more serious themes\u2014particularly screwballs set in newsrooms like His Girl Friday\u2014or if my affinity for those came from loving Superman as a kid. Re-watching it (and the Donner cut of the sequel!) just before I started writing Fallout, I was struck by how Reeve as Clark Kent seems to be channeling Cary Grant at times, and how Kidder as Lois Lane could be heading out to meet up with Rosalind Russell for drinks. After falling in love with the Superman movie, I always kept my eye on those characters, first reading my big brother\u2019s comic books, and later reading my own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The versions of Superman I love best are equal parts serious themes and humor, mystery and banter, secrets and confidences. Underlying all those things is perhaps the most important element of all\u2014optimism. Lois Lane and Clark Kent\/Superman are such a great team in part because they are both clear-eyed and able to see the bad and the good in the world. But no matter how dark the bad gets, neither of them flinches in their commitment to the good and doing what\u2019s right. Or, in my favorite-favorite portrayals, in their commitment to each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There have been many versions of Lois Lane over the years. She\u2019s a character who has had many lives. Some incarnations and eras have been better than others, but that\u2019s part of the mark of a great comics character, isn\u2019t it? A character who grows with good portrayals, but easily survives not-so-good ones. This is a character that has done far more than that. She is iconic. Most of us could probably describe the major traits that define her: her fast-talking wit, her ability to feel emotion deeply (whether it\u2019s irritation or love), her dedication to truth and justice, her loyalty, ambition, impulsiveness and stubbornness, being the best at her job as a reporter and willing to do whatever it takes, screwing up and then getting right back out there to make things right. She is truly a superhero without any superpowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Approaching this character to give her a whole new portrayal for a new generation, I kept all this very much in mind. I also realized that I\u2019m pretty sure I wouldn\u2019t have ended up getting a journalism degree as an undergraduate, if not for Kidder\u2019s Lois Lane. So, what Lois Lane means to me could fill a book (or several), but having gotten to write this character (what a gift), she now means even more to me. Jokingly, I\u2019ve said that one of the best parts about writing Lois is that you can just ask: \u201cWhat would Lois do?\u201d and there\u2019s your plot. But, after writing her as a teenager, in the process of becoming who she\u2019s meant to be, I feel like this is actually useful in a much larger sense. I feel like Lois Lane is a friend I know almost as well as I know myself. This is about to get schmaltzy enough to make Lois roll her eyes, even if she agreed. But here goes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I hope that readers of Fallout\u2014particularly girls\u2014end up feeling the same way. Because if you\u2019re afraid to take a risk or not sure if you can pull something off, if you\u2019re not sure whether to stand up for someone else or what to do in a given situation, then the question of what would Lois do, or of what she\u2019d tell you to do, will work. What would Lois do? The answer will always be smart, brave, and to value yourself and what\u2019s right. Lois would tell you, \u201cSo you\u2019re afraid, you got this.\u201d Or, \u201cIt won\u2019t be easy, but of course you have to do it anyway.\u201d Or, \u201cYou know what\u2019s happening to that other person isn\u2019t right, so what can you do to help fix it? That\u2019s what you do.\u201d Or, \u201cYou know you deserve better, so don\u2019t accept less.\u201d Or, \u201cYou screwed up, majorly. Now you do what you can to make it right, and move on.\u201d Because all those things? Those are what Lois would do. And that\u2019s what Lois means to me\u2014the kind of smart, brave, self-valuing commitment to justice that everyone can try to achieve. We can all share this superpower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We\u2019re just kicking off a campaign to share what Lois Lane means to you in advance of Fallout\u2019s publication next month. For the next two weeks, 10 people whose responses are chosen by the publisher will win an early copy. Tweet using the hashtag #loislanefallout to enter (this an extra contest completely separate from the #YASH!). It\u2019s what Lois would do. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colleen here. Wasn&#8217;t that awesome?<\/p>\n<p>You\u00a0can now add LOIS LANE: FALLOUT to your TBR list on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23110163-lois-lane?from_search=true\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Are you as interested in this book as I am?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s how you can your hands on it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You can buy LOIS LANE: FALLOUT\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwendabond.com\/writing\/lois-lane-fallout-book\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Or on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwendabond.com\/writing\/lois-lane-fallout-book\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gwenda\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/gwendabond\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GwendaBond\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> pages<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>and sign up for\u00a0<\/strong><strong>her\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwendabond.com\/writing\/lois-lane-fallout-book\" target=\"_blank\">Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0so you&#8217;ll never miss out<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>o<\/strong><strong>n any important\u00a0<\/strong><strong>book\u00a0<\/strong><strong>news or updates.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And don&#8217;t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Gwenda, and many more! To enter, you need to write down\u00a0my favorite number, find all the other numbers on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TEAM BLUE<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">\u00a0<\/span>add them up, and you&#8217;ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thank you so much for visiting my website! While you\u2019re here don\u2019t forget to enter the rafflecopter bonus contest I am running exclusively during the YA Scavenger Hunt. For an extra bonus entry, leave a comment on this blog post and answer the following: Who is your favorite Superhero and what makes them super to you? I look forward to reading your answers! Have fun! Ten winners will receive\u00a0copies of the first book in my series, TIGER\u2019S CURSE along with a copy of the prequel novella in the series, TIGER&#8217;S PROMISE. One lucky winner will be getting my entire Tiger series! And one super duper lucky fan will win an advanced reading copy of REAWAKENED!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Good luck everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tiger-series.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tiger-series-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"Tiger series\" width=\"462\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tiger-series-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colleenhouck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tiger-series.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rcwidget_3zyxgz79\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/824ee19b17\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"824ee19b17\" data-theme=\"classic\" data-template=\"\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ready to move on to the next link in the hunt? Then head on over to visit author Dorothy Dreyer&#8217;s page.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/we-do-write.blogspot.com\/springyash.html\" target=\"_blank\">LINK TO NEXT BLOG<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 10th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! I am Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me My favorite mythological creature is a dragon. I went on a cruise for the first time last year. I do all my writing in my bedroom. I went to school to be a teacher. I&#8217;m fluent in American Sign Language. You are currently hunting on TEAM\u00a0BLUE! Looking for my exclusive bonus content? You\u2019ll have to keep searching. Somewhere on this blog hop, I\u2019ve hidden a sneak peek from the first\u00a0book in my brand new Egyptian series, REAWAKENED. 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