YA Scavenger Hunt: Team Orange

By: Meradeth Houston on 12:00 AM

Hi all! I'm so excited that I managed to snag a last-minute spot on the YA Scavenger Hunt! I'm on the awesome Team Orange with a ton of other awesome authors. See:

If you've made it here from the last stop, congrats! You'll need to catch the secret number that's below, or go to the main website for all the details, but before that, why not check out the fabulous artwork that Carly Anne West is sharing with us today:

In her words:

This unnamed piece is by a fabulous artist who happens to be my mom, Barbara J. Bleich. She created this years ago, and it befuddled and totally entranced me, something her work tends to do a lot. It may have been one of the initial seeds that planted the idea for THE BARGAINING, maybe even before I realized it. But after I began writing, it was this image that kept coming back to me time and again. Anyone interested in seeing more of her work should drop me a line. Seriously. Until then, I hope you enjoy staring at this piece as much as I do. Good luck with the hunt, everyone! xo, Carly

THE BARGAINING

The fact that neither of her parents wants to deal with her is nothing new to Penny. She’s used to being discussed like a problem, a problem her mother has finally passed on to her father. What she hasn’t gotten used to is her stepmother…especially when she finds out that she’ll have to spend the summer with April in the remote woods of Washington to restore a broken-down old house. Set deep in a dense forest, the old Carver House is filled with abandoned antique furniture, rich architectural details, and its own chilling past. The only respite Penny can find away from April’s renovations is in Miller, the young guy who runs the local general store. He’s her only chance at a normal, and enjoyable, summer.But Miller has his own connection to the Carver House, and it’s one that goes beyond the mysterious tapping Penny hears at her window, the handprints she finds smudging the glass panes, and the visions of children who beckon Penny to follow them into the dark woods. Miller’s past just might threaten to become the terror of Penny’s future….

About Carly:

Carly Anne West is the author of YA novels THE MURMURINGS and THE BARGAINING, as well as various bizarre fictions. She lives and writes in Seattle, WA between the trees and the ocean.

You can catch her at her website, buy her awesome books here, and know that she's giving away a copy of the Bargaining and some additional book goodies!

Okay, so that secret number? It's 5!

Looking for where to go next? Hop on over to Deirdre Riordan Hall's blog!