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Announcing the start of...*drumroll*...the Mystery Box auction.

This is most definitely an auction item! The contents of the Mystery Box will remain a mystery until they are revealed to the winner. They comprise various MG/YA books, which are the favorite reads of the people donating them. There will be at least 5 books, possibly many more, and the winning bidder will receive them by mail in the days/weeks following the auction - what a lovely surprise!

We'll give one little hint. In honor of Diana Wynne Jones, the internationally-recognized fantasy author who inspired so many children's fiction writers, Marieke will be donating a copy of HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE.

As for the rest of this prize, well, the winner will soon find out :)

International

Bidding is open until April 1st, 3PM EDT.

Also, to make sure they're not affected by the weekend lull, we've made the executive decision to keep the day 5 items open for another day. So more chances to bid!

No, not the normal kind. Although those are still very welcome too! But as I said yesterday - most new auctions will be put up Mon-Fri. Except one.

Next weekend, we will feature the 'mystery box auction'.

We've had a lot of writers and bloggers mail us to say they wanted to help, but didn't have ARCs or published books to donate.

We asked them to donate their favorite MG/YA book(s) instead.

All those books will be put into one special lot: the mystery box. It means next weekend everyone gets to bid on a stack of favorite reads, but without knowing exactly what they are. Perhaps we'll give you some hints - like one of the books has 'the' in the title - but mostly it's exactly what it says on the box: mystery. To add some extra fun to the auction!


Do you want in on the mystery box? We're still accepting favorite reads, so let us know! (Just - not in the comments. Hush-hush! ;-) )