#CheersFromYA! If you're in the Decatur area and want an anatomical heart necklace of your own, visit Little Shop of Stories and check out FYA's January book club pick!
Time to get out your Google, ‘cause this puzzle isn’t going to solve itself.
2015′s Grand Champion team, ATLFYA, elected to craft a puzzle as part of their prize package, and they, like the Goblet of Fire, are NOT holding back. So get out that precious vial of felix felicis you’ve been saving, and read on!
Logically, we understand why maps are a rarity in YA books. They’re expensive to create, require an insane attention to detail, and work best with unique settings (most of us can probably imagine a suburban neighborhood just fine). But irrationally? We would like maps for everything please, from fantasy lands to high schools cafeterias to Midwestern mini malls.
This puzzle has FOUR tasks:
1. Determine the title/author of the books or book series containing the maps below. We’ve noted whether we’re looking for a series name or book title.
2. Find the selected letter in each title and put them together in numerical order (i.e. the order they’re already in) to create a keyword that will serve as your charm in the next section.
Keyword: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Using your keyword, decipher the following book quote:
4. Give us the title/author of the book from which this quote hails.
Solutions will only be counted as correct if ALL FOUR bars are met. Correct guesses receive +10.
Email your guesses to [email protected]. Deadline for guessing is midnight PT, Sunday July 17.
As with the last puzzle, teams only get one guess and there are no speed bonuses, so take your time!
Need more direction?
We’ve asked for the series title for all books in a series. If we’ve asking for a book title instead, the book is a stand alone.
All series titles come from Goodreads, so if they got it wrong, we got it wrong. Check there first!
When finding letters, don’t count spaces, but do count articles (a, an, the) even at the beginning of a title. For example, the 7th letter of The Grisha is “s”.
Sometimes I get great/terrible ideas: @naturallysteph‘s MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME in a box à la The Lonely Island, in honour of the December 2015 FYA Book Club pick.
#ATLFYA holiday party aesthetics: boozy chocolate, awesome book club discussion fodder, geeky wine topper, and cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies! @forever_young_adult
Attention, tributes: #YASummerShowdown 2015 is officially over!
Thanks so much to all participating players and gamemakers for a summer to remember! Stay tuned to Forever Young Adult to see who’ll be crowned this year’s winner.
Natural redheads are rare in real life (they’re like the unicorns of hair), but in young adult literature? Not as much. Our ‘zine celebrates a few of our favorite gingers - term used lovingly - in YA lit.
Adventures of Black Dove and White Raven: Episode From “The Sleeping Queen”
White Raven could hear Black Dove, but she could not see him. She flew over the treetops, straining her eyes, trying to pinpoint the source of his screams. His voice echoed throughout the woods and multiplied, surrounding her with cries in all directions.
She’d never witnessed witchcraft quite like this before. This must, assuredly, be the work of the Argone Witches, powerful magicians and secret police of the Eclipsian Royal Family. She’d heard stories of these witches spiriting away loved ones in the dark of night, torturing them to elicit surrender or confession from the person they actually wanted. In this case, that person was her.
“Leave him!” White Raven screamed to no one in particular, as all she could see were the trees and the mountains and the sky and a tiny speck burning bright in the distance - the wreckage of their getaway plane.
“I’m the one you want!” she continued, although she’d neither received nor expected a response. “He did nothing!” Which wasn’t strictly the case, not unless using his powers to stay hidden and look out for guards while White Raven searched Eclipsia’s state storerooms for honey and coffee to “borrow” counted as doing nothing.
Black Dove’s invisibility made him an excellent lookout, and she knew when she heard his secret whistle that the guards were onto her. She fled the storeroom with the stolen goods, and did not worry when Black Dove was not waiting for her at the city gates. They had a contingency plan - if one was being followed, they’d lose their trackers before meeting up at the plane, their rendezvous spot. Yet when she arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames and there was no sign of Black Dove.
Looking back, perhaps he should have been the one to do the stealing, what with the invisibility and all. She would remember this for next time.
White Raven’s wings were falling apart from the exertion of flying. Red threads trailed behind her; feathers dislodged and fell softly to the ground. The more she lost, the more energy it took to move the wings. Every part of her body ached from the effort. She was not sure how much longer she could remain aloft, but she feared she would never find him on foot.
Just as White Raven was near the point of collapse, the trees below her seemed to shift outwards, creating a clearing near the middle of the woods. In the center of the meadow was a small glass box, and within the box she could see a hunched figure. It appeared to be Black Dove.
As White Raven swooped in for a landing, she could feel that this was clearly a trap. But what else could she do? If she could outsmart Black Dove’s captor, perhaps she could save his life. And if not… well, she’d rather not consider the consequences.
She approached the box, and her heart swelled when she saw that it was Black Dove inside, and there were no visible wounds on his body. But she could see that he was having trouble breathing, and she noticed, with horror, that the box did not contain air holes.
Nothing she found could break it. Not tree limbs. Not rocks. She punched the box until her knuckles bled. But she couldn’t do anything to save Black Dove, and his breaths became slower and slower until she couldn’t tell if he was breathing at all.
“Show yourselves!” she screamed to the woods. “Show yourselves, you cowards!” And from the trees a figure emerged, resplendent in beauty and grace. It was Queen Morning Glory of Antemeridia, the sleeping queen she and Black Dove had helped awaken just days before.
Queen Morning Glory smiled down at White Raven. White Raven had never before noticed the sharpness of the Queen’s teeth, or the cruelty of her grin.
A typical weekend in the lives of college-aged Simon and Blue (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda).
Noon: Octane Coffee Company
A coffee junkie like Simon needs his fix, especially when he doesn't bother rolling out of bed until noon. Octane is close to Georgia Tech (which has a great theater program, hint hint), and is also the inspiration behind the now-defunct (?) Tumblr, heyoctaneboy, so you know the scenery is great! ;)
1:00pm: Sublime Doughnuts
You know what goes great with coffee? AMAZING doughnuts! The Orange Dream Star is on a list of 100 foods to try before you die, and the A-Town Cream (or Mocha) is also a local favorite.
2:00pm: Eastside Beltine Trail
A great way to work off those calories is with a stroll down the Beltline, a paved trail that connects a bunch of Atlanta's parks and neighborhoods. Blue can even enjoy a pick-up game of soccer near the Old Fourth Ward Skate Park!
3:00pm: William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
One of the many interesting museums Atlanta has to offer, the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum will especially appeal to Blue. There's a Sendak exhibit on display right now, so Simon can pretend to be a Wild Thing while educating himself.
5:00pm: Center for Puppetry Arts
And right across the street is another fantastic museum, where Simon and Blue can recapture their youth. The Center’s museum collection contains thousands of puppets, including one of the original Big Bird suits. If Blue and Simon time their trip correctly, they could even catch a puppet show here.
7:30pm: The New American Shakespeare Tavern
Simon's a drama guy, so he would LOVE this intimate theater showcasing the works of the Bard. The tavern serves authentic British pub fare, so this stop provides both entertainment and sustenance.
11:30pm: Dark Horse Tavern
After spending the afternoon getting cultured, Blue and Simon can cut loose at 10 High Music Club (in the basement of Dark Horse Tavern) and try their hand at Metalsome, live band karaoke. Simon's a performer, so he shouldn't have any trouble singing in front of an audience, right?
4:00am: Waffle House
No trip to Atlanta would be complete without a visit to the Waffle House! Besides, this is an excellent stopping point for Simon and Blue to pause and refresh in the wee small hours of the morning. They can hang out here before moving on to the final stop on their whirlwind adventure (and since they're young, they can handle pulling an all-nighter).
10:30am: Lips ATL
What better way to spend Sunday morning than with drag queens singing gospel songs? (That's a trick question; there isn't one.) Lips’ Gospel Brunch is the perfect ending to a night out on the town, and the infectious energy of these seasoned queens will help Blue and Simon forget that they haven’t slept in over 24 hours.
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