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Magnificent Poetry Monday

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Hi Everyone!

We are going to do something FUN today!

Ally was sent this really cool poem made from lines from All Fall Down.

My mother’s killer

A needle in an international haystack

A guy who knew what he was doing

He was Caucasian

Six one or two

Do you really believe that’s true?

A long list of people who have told me I am delusional

Tired of feeling helpless

All

Fall

Down

It is a style called Found Poetry.

Found Poetry Definition:

Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning.

So your mission today is make your own Found Poetry using All Fall Down!

Can’t wait to read them all!

Have a good week!

Shellie

P.S. There may be a little prize for today’s mission!

Calling all Ally Ambassadors!

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Hi everyone!

Here is your chance to be an Ally Ambassador!  What is an Ally Ambassador you ask?

Ally Ambassadors will be members of the official Ally Carter street team! They will complete missions to help spread the word about EMBASSY ROW, and have access to exclusive Embassy Row content AND great prizes!

Sign up to be an Ambassador here (or here if you’re a UK resident!) and download official social media images here!

The first 100 US and Canadian residents to sign up will receive a special advance copy of Embassy Row #1: All Fall Down, and EVERYONE who signs up will receive a bonus prequel scene Ally wrote that you won’t find in All Fall Down!

So go and sign up and be an #ALLYAMBASSADOR!!!

xoxo,

Shellie & Ally

 

Magnificent Puzzler Monday

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Hi Everyone!

As promised I have a puzzle for you today!

It is a Caesar Cipher but this time I am not telling you which way or how many spaces you need to shift the letters!

EBXL PX MXEE MAXF MH HNK XGXFBXL PX MXEE MAXF MH HNK YKBXGWL TGW XOXGMNTEER PX MXEE MAXF MH HNKLXEOXL

I will hold all comments for 48 hours with answers in them but  I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck,

Shellie

Fun Fact: I often use past t-shirt contest entries for Ally’s Tumblr page for Fan Art Fridays! So go check it out!

Magnificent Cryptogram Monday

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Hey All!

This week’s mission is in 2 parts:

First solve the cryptogram.

Second name 2 things on the list. (This will make sense once you solve the cryptogram)

QLYW USI MYSW YD WQFSICSA RKF SCAKR CS U RYQ WFMLFR LYYX YD U RYQ WFMLFR DUMCZCRG, EPR SY YSF VCZZ RFZZ GYP VKG

For those of you who have never solved a cryptogram puzzle before, the rules are simple… It is basically a secret code where different numbers, symbols, or in this case, letters, represent a different letter.

Prize up for grabs:

giveaway 10-20

A signed copy of United We Spy PLUS a mug & notebook from the International Spy Museum!!!

 

Standard rules apply: I will hold all comments for 48 hours, winner will be chosen randomly from correct responses, only US residence can win but please feel free to comment and just state commenting for fun! Please only post your answer one time.

Also, I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck,

Shellie

 

 

 

Magnificent United We Spy Mission Monday

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Hi Everyone!

Today I have a super hard mission but there is a super awesome reward on the line!

First Part of your mission is to solve the phrase below:

ZEJCA ZEA AEJBWYD CAPWJ SANZAJ IQOOAJ YQWJZK OA KHREZW PNA CEKNJE ZE OYQKHW, OQNRERNA W QJA WPPWMQA PANNKNEOPA, REOEPWXK EJ HKYK ZQ XHA PKNPQNANP, W ZWPNUO U ZENCAHSYD ZKIEJANAZA DAHA ZEP HER

 

First you will need to do a Caesar Cipher and shift the letters to the right 4 spaces.

Second you will have to translate to English. I used 9 languages this time. (Words are grouped together in phrases so they will translate more easily)

Third you should have a 35 English word count as your final answer.

Second Part of your mission is to list 3 of the 6 things that Cammie is talking about in the phrase.

And the prize for this mission is….. a signed copy of United We Spy and a Blackthorne long sleeve t-shirt!!!

 

Standard rules apply: I will hold all comments for 48 hours, winner will be chosen randomly from correct responses, only US residence can win but please feel free to comment and just state commenting for fun! Please only post your answer one time.

Also, I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck,

Shellie

P.S. Catch Ally on her LAST GG Tour  starting THIS WEEK!!!!

Magnificent Monday

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Hi All!

Great job on last week’s cypher mission!

This week’s mission is a cryptogram.

“FDT VPAD X QAV LUHAQN WAFQXKA VPA ZDA NFIV X’T GAAD VZZ FNWFXT VZ FTLXV:DZ ZDA XH IPFHXDY LA FDULZWA.”

For those of you who have never solved a cryptogram puzzle before, the rules are simple… It is basically a secret code where different numbers, symbols, or in this case, letters, represent a different letter. I will give you two of the letters to try to help out with the deduction of the others.

A=F (should have been F=A so wherever you see an F replace with an A!)

T=V (should have been V=T so wherever there is a V replace with a T!) sorry for the confusion!!!!

Standard rules apply: I will hold all comments for 48 hours but, I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck!

xoxo,

Shellie

Magnificent Monday Super Tricky Mission

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Hey Everyone!

The mission today is to solve this phrase:

KXIETRXW B VANBW YHVTE GBKX UNKNTG PABEX, HNMLBWX, LRKMABHWW R XBKETP ZTEXMTVA, NGW WTL SBFFXK WKXAMX DTEMXK, X LTIXOH AXEX DETLLXG OTK UXZRGM DNCBLBDBT VABEE

 

First you will need to do a Caesar Cipher and shift the letters to the right 7 spaces.

Second you will have to translate to English. I used 8 languages this time. (Words are grouped together in phrases so they will translate correctly)

Third you should have a 30 English word count as your final answer.

Hint: This phrase comes from “Only the Good Spy Young”

CORRECTION: LRMABHWW should have been LRKMABHWW which I have since corrected!!!!

 

I will hold all answer comments for 48 hours but will approve all comments with tips, tricks, and encouragement!

Good Luck!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. Go see Ally this week in Atlanta!!!

P.S.S. Did you see that B&N will have special exclusive content in their hardcover copies of United We Spy?!?!?

Magnificent Monday Post ALA Mission

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Hi Everyone!

Since Ally was at ALA this past weekend giving away some super cool notebooks and United We Spy Excerpt Booklets, I decided I needed to give something away also! But you are going to have to work for it!

Up for grabs is a super cute YA Tote, United We Spy Limited Edition Excerpt Booklet, and a super awesome official Gallagher Academy notebook!

tote, notebook, lim ed excerpt

Here is what you are going to need to do:

1. Solve the cryptogram below.

2. Once solved tell me what GG book and page number the phrase is from.

“KVM BJPK OBWJZKSFK KVOFE SFA JD AJL QORR MNMZ XJ OP BSYM WMJWRM KZLPK AJL”

 

For those of you who have never solved a cryptogram puzzle before, the rules are simple… It is basically a secret code where different numbers, symbols, or in this case, letters, represent a different letter. I will give you three of the letters to try to help out with the deduction of the others.

M=E

J=O

K=T

Standard rules apply: I will hold all comments for 48 hours, winner will be chosen randomly from correct responses, only US residence can win but please feel free to comment and just state commenting for fun!

Also, I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. Thanks for all your photos you have sent in of Ally books in fun places! I will start posting them on Wednesdays, so keep ’em coming!

P.S.S There might be a little prize for the person who answers first correctly if they are not the “big” winner.

P.S.S.S. Keep the awesome Fan Art coming to [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnificent Monday Mission Giveaway!!!

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Hey Everyone!

This week I have an AWESOME Prize!!!!!!

It is a Limit Edition Excerpt Booklet with the first 9 CHAPTERS of United We Spy!!!!

united we spy excerpt book

How do you win this AWESOME prize????

By solving this super tricky phrase:

LPVIY QJPN BMVIYDNNZU D ZOO CPN QJG NKDJIIZI OZ XMZNXZMZ VXJNOPHWMVYJN VG NDGZIXDJ.

First you will need to do a Caesar Cipher and shift the letters to the right 5 spaces.

Second you will have to translate to English from 5 different languages. (Words are grouped together in phrases so they will translate correctly)

Third you should have a 15 English word count as your final answer.

As usual, I will hold all comments for 48 hours, winner will be chosen randomly from correct responses, only US residence can win but please feel free to comment and just state commenting for fun!

Also, this time around I will allow comments that are tips or encouragement for each other! I know all the Gallagher Girls work better as a team!

Good Luck!!!!!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. I might even get Ally to sign it before it is mailed ; )

P.S.S. Don’t forget to send your artwork into [email protected] for Fan Art Friday on Ally’s Tumblr page.

P.S.S.S. I changed one of the words as someone pointed out I had one of the letters wrong!!! NKDJIIZI is the correct word!

 

Magnificent Monday Mission Giveaway!

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Hey Everyone!

I had so much fun reading all your responses to last weeks post! And now I know how to turtle or panda someone!

This week I have a mission for you all.

Try to figure out what GG BOOK & PAGE NUMBER this excerpt is from:

“I thought rules were made to be broken,” I said, confused at first but growing angry. “I thought being a spy was rules-optional,” I said, throwing her own words back at her.

 

I will pick a winner randomly from all the correct answers. I will hold all Comments/Answers for 48 hours and then I will pick a winner. Winner will be chosen on Wednesday at 8am central time.

Winner will receive a SIGNED copy of the GG book this excerpt is from!!!!

Also, check back for a Super Special announcement TOMORROW!!!!

Have a great week!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. I added page number to make it more difficult!!!!

P.S.S. Only US residents can be named as a winner, but feel free to comment, just let me know you are not eligible just commenting for fun!