Welcome to the Spring 2015 YA Scavenger Hunt
April 2-5 (noon pacific time)
For you first timers, the YA Scavenger Hunt is an online blog hop created by the lovely and talented Colleen Houck. It’s a chance for you to see bonus material from your favorite YA authors as well as winning amazing prizes.
If you came here looking for my bonus material, the interview with Miles where he goes up against Vincent and Jules for swooniest book boyfriend, you’ll have to keep hunting!
At each stop on the hunt, you not only get to meet a YA author and read their bonus material, but you get a clue to enter for a grand prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours—until noon PST on April 5!
You can start right here or you can also go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage to find out all about the hunt. There are EIGHT contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the TEAL TEAM–but there are also seven other teams for you to discover and peruse.(If you get stuck as you are moving through the hunt, click through to this page.)
ARE YOU READY??? Here we go…
BONJOUR!
I’m Amy Plum, and I live in Paris. The one in France. Not Texas.

Here I am on a French reality show with 2 famous French chefs (Norbert Tarayre and Jean Imbert) holding my French books. Is that French enough for you?
As my favorite French chefs are so kindly demonstrating, I’m the author of the DIE FOR ME series, a paranormal romance series set in Paris featuring supernatural beings of my very own making called “revenants.” My second series, AFTER THE END, is set all over America (road trip involved) and is action, romance, adventure, with a little bit of magic and a lot of kick-assness. The second (and final) book, UNTIL THE BEGINNING, releases May 5!
Now that I’ve introduced myself, I’m excited to tell you about the author I’m hosting today:
the amazing…
the oh so awesome…
ANN AGUIRRE!
What can I tell you about Ann? Well, I ate pizza with her in Chicago about 3 years ago (not 2, not 4, but 3…), and thought she was awesome and really funny. But that’s not much to go on. So how about a real bio?
Ann Aguirre is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author with a degree in English Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily in that order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. She likes books, emo music, and action movies. She writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults and teens.
For more information about Ann Aguirre, please visit her website at http://annaguirre.com/.
The book Ann is presenting today is THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS
About THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS:
Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won’t peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She’s learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it’s working just fine… until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He’s a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted.
THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS can be purchased here.
I can’t even tell you how awesome I think Ann’s bonus material is. She actually has an ORIGINAL MUSIC VIDEO called “Bittersweet” by Shane Cavendish which was inspired by THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS. Get ready to have your socks knocked off…
How amazing was that? Thanks, Ann (and Shane), for such fantastic exclusive content.
So now we’re getting to the contest bit of the hunt. There are TWO contests you can enter.
YA SCAVENGER HUNT CONTEST
Enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Ann Aguirre, and many other authors! To enter, you need to find my favorite number which is hidden somewhere above. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the teal team and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize! (See directions at the top of this post.)
My very own UNTIL THE BEGINNING Contest
You have a chance to win a fabulous prize pack including a hardback of AFTER THE END, an ARC of UNTIL THE BEGINNING, a signed and dedicated first-print hardback cover, a signed bookmark, and 3 signed and dedicated bookplates (in my pretty Amy Plum envelope)! (International.)
Enter here:
Note: to be eligible to win you also need to submit a valid entry for the YA Scavenger Hunt grand prize.
118 Comments to YA Scavenger Hunt, Spring 2015 version!
by Amanda - On April 2, 2015
I can’t wait to join the fun!
by Amanda - On April 2, 2015
I got my friend Mia to follow your twitter because she also loves to see your photos on Instagram!
by Ankon - On April 2, 2015
I am so excited. I got my friend Shaila Mostafiz to like your fb page. She so loves your books.
by Pili @ In Love With Handmade - On April 2, 2015
I cannot wait till I get my hands on Until the Beginning! Thank you so much for an awesome giveaway, Amy!
by Jen - On April 2, 2015
Hi!!!
by Holly - On April 2, 2015
Heeey! Thanks for the giveaway!
by Cali W. - On April 2, 2015
Thanks for the giveaway!!! I follow you on facebook-Cali Willette. <3 <3
by Eileen - On April 2, 2015
Hello!! This is all so exciting! Thank you for the giveaway
by Hannah M - On April 2, 2015
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
by Joana Felício - On April 2, 2015
I’m loving this hunt!! This is awesome, honestly!
by Em - On April 2, 2015
I love YASH! Thanks for participating, you are one of my favorite authors
by Patricia Lopez - On April 2, 2015
Hi there! Thank you so much for the giveaway
I got my friend Jose Luis Lago Prada to like your Facebook site 
by sarah s - On April 2, 2015
Hi! I love the YA scavenger hunt, thanks for participating:)
by miki - On April 2, 2015
Hi!
thank you for participating in this hunt!
i can,’t belive i did not know you lived in France, not so far from me ( belgium)
thank you for your generous giveaway as well
by Chelsea C - On April 2, 2015
hii!! thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
by Shauna Buck - On April 2, 2015
Just a hi and LOVE your books!
by Emma A - On April 3, 2015
Hi!
Thank you for such a wonderful prize pack!
by Aila Jiang - On April 3, 2015
Thanks so much for the giveaway! I really enjoyed After the End, especially its original concept. <3
by Artemis Giote - On April 3, 2015
Hi,so much fun!!!
Thank you for the chance.
I got my sister – Δήμητρα Γιώτη to like your FB page.
by Julie Montmarquet - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thank you for this giveaway
by Rosaline - On April 3, 2015
Just stopping by to say Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
And I love your book After the End. It made me laugh!
You are so lucky to be living in France BTW!
by Raven - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thank you for the giveaway!
by Ally Swanson - On April 3, 2015
HI
by Shelby von Wahl - On April 3, 2015
Hi! im soo exited, I’ve already been to your bonus content…and boy is it awesome!I’m soo etited
by Jenelle Riane - On April 3, 2015
Hi! I loved Die for Me, and I’d love the chance to win the prize pack!
by Katrina @ Bookish Things - On April 3, 2015
Thanks for the giveaway! Oh and, HAI!!!
by Gavin - On April 3, 2015
Hi!
Got my friends Samantha Ang and Nadine Go to like you in Facebook.
by Megan D. - On April 3, 2015
Thanks for sharing!
by Becky - On April 3, 2015
I haven’t managed to get my hands on After the End yet, but I love the Revenants trilogy! I actually saw them out at my campus bookstore the other day
by Gaby - On April 3, 2015
Hi!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
by Emily - On April 3, 2015
Hi, Amy! Looking forward to Until the Beginning.
by Erin P - On April 3, 2015
Bonjour! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! I am a huge fan and can’t wait to read the new series, After the End!
by Thais Pampado - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thanks for participating in YASH and for the amazing giveaway!
by Pranavi - On April 3, 2015
Hey there! Thanks for the giveaway!
by Léatitia - On April 3, 2015
Hi Amy !
I love YA Scavenger Hunt and I’m happy to discover new authors !
I asked my friend Marion Grenier to follow you on Twitter and like you page.
Can’t wait to see you in Paris !
by cassidy - On April 3, 2015
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by Sneha M. - On April 3, 2015
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by Alexandra Könczöl - On April 3, 2015
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by VeronikaDream - On April 3, 2015
Hi!!!
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by Nichole - On April 3, 2015
*waves* Hi! Thanks for the giveaway!
by Nancy - On April 3, 2015
I loaned Die for me to my friend Ashley and now she’s addicted and is following you on FB! :o)
by Nancy - On April 3, 2015
Oh and…hi! :o)
by Jaime - On April 3, 2015
Hello!
This is an awesome giveaway. Thank you 
by Sue Holmes - On April 3, 2015
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by Aj - On April 3, 2015
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by Katja - On April 3, 2015
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by Maggie - On April 3, 2015
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by Maud G - On April 3, 2015
Hello!
Thanks for the giveaway
All my friends who like to read already follow you but I got my best friend to pick up your Die for Me trilogy and she is in love with Vincent (and I love Jules :3)
by Jenna Kilgore - On April 3, 2015
Hi!
by Dominique Cobb - On April 3, 2015
Hi!! I have Die For Me and Until I Die!!! I haven’t read them yet because there’s just soooo many books I need to read but their on my list!!!

by Denise C. - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thank you for the giveaway
by Autumn - On April 3, 2015
Just stopping in to say hi! Thanks for the giveaway
by Jess Kidding - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thank you for hosting this giveaway as well as being a part of YASH!!
by Melissa H. - On April 3, 2015
Hi Amy! Thank you for the giveaway and for participating in YASH!!!
by Robyn - On April 3, 2015
Having so much fun on the scavenger hunt. Thanks again!
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by Jenn L. - On April 3, 2015
Hi! Thanks for having the additional giveaway.
by Melissa - On April 3, 2015
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by Quin HArt - On April 3, 2015
Hi, I have never read any of Ann Aguirre’s book but i am really intruged now. I don’t know if any of my friends have followed you.
by Tia - On April 3, 2015
Hi, Happy Easter!
by Sabrina Joy - On April 4, 2015
Hi!
by Taryn - On April 4, 2015
Hi i am loving your books and i have to day the YA is the best ever i have found innumerable books to now read and carry with me
by Amber h - On April 4, 2015
Hi! I loved your remnants series and Until the end is at the top of my tbr list!!
by Vahhaba - On April 4, 2015
Hi *waves* thank you for the giveaway.
the interview with miles was rearly interesting. He might not be as amazing and smexy as Vincent but I still like him
by Eva Rushton - On April 4, 2015
Hi. Thanks for the hunt.
by Rachel - On April 4, 2015
Hi there!
by Katherine Adams - On April 4, 2015
Hi! Thanks for participating in YASH. I got my friend Melissa Paschal to like you on facebook
by Judy Cox - On April 4, 2015
Thanks for participating in this hunt!! I love your books!!!
HI!!!!!
by Cassandra - On April 4, 2015
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by bn100 - On April 4, 2015
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by Tiffany - On April 4, 2015
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by Samantha Wallace - On April 4, 2015
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by Kellani - On April 4, 2015
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by Sushma - On April 4, 2015
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by K Fox - On April 4, 2015
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by K Fox - On April 4, 2015
HI!!! I got my daughter to follow you on Twitter (@BrittinNF). She also LOVES your books so she was more than willing to be a follower. Thanks for putting together this AWESOME giveaway! I think it’s the best one I’ve seen so far!!!
by Lauren @ Lose Time Reading - On April 4, 2015
Hi
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!!!
by Carol - On April 4, 2015
HI! Thank you for the giveaway!
by Kaci - On April 4, 2015
Hi! Thanks for the giveaway and being one our lovely hosts for YASH!
by Isabel - On April 4, 2015
I love your books and recently read an ARC of Until the Beginning, which rocked!
by Megan @ reading away the days - On April 4, 2015
Hey *waves*
by Sharon - On April 4, 2015
HI! Thanks for the giveaway!
by Sharon - On April 4, 2015
I liked you on Facebook – thanks for being a part of YASH
by Emma G - On April 4, 2015
Hi! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
~Emma G
by Jenn - On April 4, 2015
Awesome giveaway, thanks for hosting it.
by Nicole C - On April 4, 2015
Hi Amy. Thanks once again for doing the YA Scavenger Hunt and doing another giveaway. I adore your Until I Die Trilogy and I haven’t had the chance to read After the End but I will definitely get right on that soon. Also thank you for doing Contest Mondays on Facebook as well you are really generous for giving us so many chances to win your books and other goodies. I hope sometime in the future you come to Boston for a book signing I will definitely be there. Thanks again Amy!
by Liezl - On April 4, 2015
Hello, Amy. Thank you for the chance! from Philippines with love! <3
by Jessica Kilgore - On April 4, 2015
Hey! Thanks for the giveaway. I got my sister, Jenna Kilgore, to follow you, if that counts.
by Kate Pierson - On April 4, 2015
Hi:) thanks for the giveaway!
by Michaela - On April 4, 2015
Hi!! Thanks for the opportunity and for being a part of #YASH!
I got @niassa to follow you, too!
by Tammy V. - On April 4, 2015
Hi!!!
by Kassiah - On April 4, 2015
Hey Amy *waves* I am so excited that you’re participating in the YASH and that you got to feature THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS. It was my favorite book that I read last year ♥
by Britney J - On April 4, 2015
HI!!
by Nicole Johnson - On April 4, 2015
Thank you so much for the giveaway!
by Betul E. - On April 5, 2015
Thank you for the giveaway
by Danya - On April 5, 2015
Hi! *waves* Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
by Cindy - On April 5, 2015
Hi!!! Thanks for participating in the YASH and for hosting your own giveaway.
I got my friend Sammi to follow you on Twitter.
by Cindy - On April 5, 2015
Just curious, this is open internationally right? *crosses fingers*
by Lauren - On April 5, 2015
Hi thanks for the giveaway (and being part of YASH)!!
I got my friend Barbara to like your facebook she’s a PN fan.
by Cindy - On April 5, 2015
Haha, I feel so stupid. It says right there “International.” lol
by Ava Jae - On April 5, 2015
Hi there! Thanks for the super awesome giveaway!
by Monica R. - On April 5, 2015
HI!!!! Thanks for the giveaway and participating in YASH! Also, I like your facebook page just with a different last name, Monica Aguilar! Have a nice day!
by Sarah Chafin - On April 5, 2015
Hi!!!!!!!
by Breenah - On April 5, 2015
Thanks for being part of YASH
by Vickie - On April 5, 2015
Hii!! Thanks for the giveaway!! I got my friend Jack A. to like your Facebook page. Thanks again!!
by Sarah Chan - On April 5, 2015
Hi!
by Angelica Leon - On April 5, 2015
Thanks for the giveaway hope it’s also for internationals xD
by Kim Waters - On April 5, 2015
Thanks for taking part in YASH, Amy, & for the giveaway! I enjoyed your bonus content.
by Hannah M - On April 5, 2015
Hi! Thanks so much for the giveaway! Your books are absolutely fabulous, and I can’t wait for UNTIL THE BEGINNING!
I’m following on FB; Hannah Martian.
by Denise C. - On April 5, 2015
Hi! thank you for the giveaway.
I asked my friend to follow you on twitter (Madel @muffliatooo)
by Alexa Chia - On April 5, 2015
Thanks for the share and giveaway!
by Chary Baez - On April 5, 2015
Hi! Thank you for participating in the YA Scavenger Hunt!
by Delia Chavez - On April 5, 2015
Hi I love YASH!
by Charlotte - On April 5, 2015
Thank you for participating in the hunt!
by Nicole - On April 5, 2015
Hi!
Thx for the giveaway!
by k - On April 5, 2015
Heyyy~ & thank you for participating in YASH~
by amy - On April 7, 2015
Thank you everyone for entering the UNTIL THE BEGINNING contest! The winner of this contest (but not of the YA Scavenger Hunt) is Stephanie H from America of HerReviewOfBooks! Congratulations, Stephanie, and thank you to everyone who participated in the contest!!!