Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! In this post, you’ll find
exclusive content from YA Scavenger hunt author Lyn Miller-Lachmann, along with a clue for Red Team. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our
prize—one lucky winner will receive a book from each author on the hunt
in my team! (Including
a copy of my new book, Faceless!)
But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus
material) will only be online for 72 hours!
Visit
the YA
Scavenger Hunt page for all the details about the hunt including a
information about all of the participating authors and the full list of prizes.
There
are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the RED TEAM—but
there is also a blue team, a gold team, a green team, an orange team, a teal team, a purple team, and a pink team! The prize for each time is a different set of
books.
THE PUZZLE
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.
MEET LYN MILLER-LACHMANN
Today,
I’m hosting Lyn Miller-Lachmann!
Lyn Miller-Lachmann is the author of Gringolandia (a 2010 ALA Best Book for Young Adults), Rogue, and Surviving Santiago. She works as a translator from Portuguese and
Spanish to English and recently translated the picture book The World in a Second from Portuguese,
with other books from Portugal and Brazil in the works. She has an M.F.A. in
Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and an
M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin. She
is the former editor of MultiCultural
Review and has taught English, social studies, and Jewish studies at the
middle and high school level. Originally from Houston, Texas, she currently
lives in New York City.
Learn
more about Lynn on her website http://www.lynmillerlachmann.com/surviving-santiago/ and buy her new book here!
SURVIVING SANTIAGO by Lyn
Miller-Lachmann
Santiago, Chile, 1989: the last place 16-year-old Tina
Aguilar wants to be. Tina is forced to visit her father for the first time in
years at his request following her parents' divorce. Still, she doesn't
understand why he spends all his time with work, politics, and alcohol rather
than getting reacquainted with his daughter. Fortunately for Tina, a cute
motorcycle-riding local boy has taken an interest in her, though his presence
is far from incidental or innocent.
In this companion to the critically acclaimed Gringolandia, Lyn Miller-Lachmann spins
a tale of deception, love, and redemption set during the final tense months of
the Pinochet dictatorship.
“Smooth dialogue, a quick pace, and palpable suspense
combine to make a compelling read…A riveting story of love and acceptance amid
a tumultuous political landscape.” – Kirkus
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
Below is a deleted scene from Surviving Santiago, one of eight tapes
recorded during the time the story takes place and
discovered near the end.
Tape Five, Monday 3 July 1989
El Capo/Romeo
El
Capo: Good evening, Romeo. How is your plan coming along?
Romeo:
Good news and bad news, sir.
El
Capo: Start with the good news. I like good news.
Romeo:
This flyer. The target is speaking at a demonstration.
El
Capo: No. Too many witnesses.
Romeo:
The demonstration’s illegal.
El
Capo: So what? Nobody bothers with illegal demonstrations these days.
Romeo:
Can’t we get some friendly carabineros
to bust it up?
El
Capo: Don’t be stupid. We need hard evidence, like an incitement to riot. Pick
up something off his desk, something he’s written.
Romeo:
That’s going to be tough. The girl…you see…uh…
El
Capo: What happened?
Romeo:
Well, she broke up with me.
El
Capo: Imbecile! Why?
Romeo: I took her on my deliveries—
El
Capo: And why would you bring her with you?
Romeo:
She asked me. She sits at home all day with nothing to do because the target’s
always working. And I didn’t have the marijuana for her. I thought she’d lose
trust in me because I didn’t come through for her in her hour of need.
[INHALING SOUND, LAUGHTER]
Romeo:
It’s not funny, sir. I had to show I cared about her.
El
Capo: You do not bow to whatever ridiculous request the girl has.
Romeo:
I thought she could help me too. What she calls a “win-win.”
El
Capo: Gringo nonsense. Go on.
Romeo:
I asked her to watch my motorcycle so I wouldn’t get a ticket. But I ran into
an old friend who works in one of the office buildings. Señorita Aguilar got
jealous.
El
Capo: This is worse than I thought. Don’t get your friends from your
neighborhood involved in our mission.
Romeo:
I told her it was nothing, but she wouldn’t listen.
El
Capo: The other girl. Was she the one I caught you with last year?
Romeo:
Yes, Sofia. It was the first time I’d seen her since. I swear. She’s not my
type anymore.
El
Capo: And who is your type these days?
Romeo:
Uh, someone with more brains. Likes the same stuff I do. Seen the world. And a
little less, uh, used up.
El
Capo: So you’ve become a real romantic.
Romeo:
I guess I’m looking for something different.
El
Capo: You can go girlfriend shopping when your mission is finished. Your job
now is to get Señorita Aguilar back. You need to find out what the target’s
going to say at that demonstration.
Romeo:
I can’t even talk to her on the phone.
EL
Capo: You called the house?
Romeo:
I wrote down the number one day when I was there.
El
Capo: So you can tip them off? How many times did you call? And who answered?
Romeo:
Uh…five…maybe six times. The housekeeper answered twice. A man, I think the
target, once. As soon as someone answered, I hung up.
El
Capo: So now he’s going to put a trace on his phone.
Romeo:
I called from pay phones. Different ones each time.
El
Capo: Then you’re not as stupid as I thought.
Romeo:
I’ll keep trying, sir.
El
Capo: Good…And one other thing.
Romeo:
Yes.
El
Capo: How many ex-girlfriends do you have, Romeo? I don’t want this happening
again.
Romeo:
Besides Sofia, three others. Maybe you should let me bring Señorita Aguilar
here. So we don’t have to go out in public.
El
Capo: And why did I not want you here with the other girl?
Romeo:
We keep everything in the office. And the door locked.
El
Capo: Hmm… You might be on to something…All right. [CLINK] Here’s a key to the apartment. I’ll leave the contraband
you requested under the sink, behind the powdered cleaner. Don’t mix them up.
Romeo:
I won’t.
El
Capo: Yes, you might. So listen. The contraband is in a baggie. The powdered
cleaner is in, you know, the cardboard cylinder labeled “powdered cleaner.”
Romeo:
Got it. May I have some videos and the Nintendo, too?
El
Capo: I thought you’d have other plans for her.
Romeo:
She’s a little…uh…young for me. And more into movies and video games and stuff.
El
Capo: Fine. The sooner you carry out your mission the sooner you’re rid of her
for good.
And don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 17. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the red team and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
CONTINUE THE HUNT
And big thanks to Colleen Houck
for putting the hunt together!
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