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Burnt Orange: Color Me Wasted (TrueColors Series #5) Paperback – January 29, 2005

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Up until her senior year, Amber has been the model of perfection―just like her dad, Pastor Conrad, taught her to be. But when Claire Phillips invites her to more and more parties, Amber’s little white lies about her drinking spark a raging wildfire that threatens to overtake her life. Will she be honest with herself and her friends before things really get out of control? Burnt Orange, the fifth book in the teen fiction series TrueColors looks at alcohol abuse, addiction, and temptation.

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1576835332
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Burnt Orange By Melody Carlson Amber Conrad has a problem. Her youth group friends Simi and Lisa won't get off her case about the drinking parties she's been going to. Amber chalks it up to jealousy and just pokes fun at their concern--even though she secretly wonders if they might be right. Everyone does it. What's the big deal? Up until her senior year, Amber has been the model of perfection--just like her dad, Pastor Conrad, taught her to be. But when Claire Phillips invites her to more and more parties, Amber's little white lies spark raging wildfire that threatens to overtake her life. Will she be honest with herself and her friends before things really get out of control?

About the Author

MELODY CARLSON is the best-selling author of more than one hundred books, including young adult favorites Dark Blue, Deep Green, Torch Red, and Pitch Black--the first four books in the TRUECOLORS series. She has two grown sons and enjoys an active lifestyle of hiking, skiing, and biking. Melody lives in the beautiful Oregon Cascade Mountains with her husband and Labrador retriever.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ TH1NK; Standard Edition (January 29, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1576835332
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1576835333
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 15 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #167,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #69 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Drugs & Alcohol Abuse
- #1,678 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #6,822 in Christian Literature & Fiction

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Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books (with sales around 6.5 million) for teens, women and children. That's a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a "storyteller." Her novels range from serious issues like schizophrenia (Finding Alice) to lighter topics like house-flipping (A Mile in My Flip-Flops) but most of the inspiration behind her fiction comes right out of real life. Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, TrueColors etc.) appeal to teenage girls around the world. Her annual Christmas novellas become more popular each year. She's won a number of awards (including Romantic Time's Career Achievement Award, the Rita and the Gold Medallion) and some of her books have been optioned for film/TV. Carlson has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and yellow Lab dog. To find out more about Melody Carlson, visit her website at http://www.melodycarlson.com/

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Very good book. Carlson does a great job of writing for young adult gals. I bought the whole series and can't keep it on the shelf.

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Eighteen year old Amber Conrad is the perfect pastor's daughter. Or so she thought she was, before popular and rich Claire Phillips befriended her and invited her to all the cool parties - which of course have alcohol involved. In an effort to cover up her new habit of social drinking, Amber starts lying to her parents. She even lies to the best friend she's had since middle school, Simi. Now, one fake ID and many little white lies later, she finds herself getting caught up in a dark web of alcohol abuse and addiction. Can Amber fess up and get some help before it's too late?

Amber's best friend Simi is willing to help her through her addiction, even offering to join her at an alcoholic anonymous meeting, so she can get some counseling. Though it takes a heartbreaking event for a truly sobering wake-up call to occur, Simi's care for Amber is constant throughout the book. Claire abuses alcohol to keep herself numb. From the outside, she appears to have it all, looks, popularity and money, but inside she's desperate and hurting. This hurt causes her to make poor decisions, which leads to life-altering events happening, which not only affect her, but a multitude of people.

Melody Carlson masterfully displays the effects that alcohol can have on a person's self-control. Although Amber repeatedly promises herself, and others, that she will stop her drinking, her self-control is nonexistent around alcohol. She lowers her guard, even driving under the influence of alcohol. Burnt Orange shows teen alcohol abuse as a serious issue. It not only can physically harm those who drink, leading to alcohol poisoning and liver failure, it can also have deadly consequences for others. Sadly, the events in Burnt Orange can and do actually happen. Many, many people drive under the influence of alcohol and risk others' lives as well as their own.

The Wordsmith Journal strives to guide readers to books of personal interest, with the understanding and respect that what appeals to some may not appeal to others. Therefore we attempt to keep our reviews focused on content, genre and style. The rating is necessary to make use of Goodreads and Amazon. It reflects the reviewer's own level of enjoyment, but the review is intended to be informative for the benefit of all readers.

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Lets Party!

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2005

This book is about a girl named Amber Conrad. Her dad is a preacher so Amber has lived a pretty religious and sheltered life. She is a senior in high school and has never been to a party. One day she decided to go to one even though she the parties were knew for drinking. She ended up drinking one or two drinks. She told her best friend Simi about how she drank. Simi became worried because that was unlike Amber. Amber than becomes friends with a popular girl from school named Clarie. Clarie drinks all the time and she get Amber into lots of drinking too. Amber addicted and she starts turning away from God. Will Amber stop her drinking habits? Will she loose her job? Will she keep her best friend Simi? You have to read the book to find out.

I thought that this book was awesome. It was one of them books that you can't put down. This book was never boring. It was exciting from beginning to end. I thought that Amber's friend Simi was a great friend. She was so caring and she listened to everything Amber had to say. She was also one of the only ones that was worried about Amber and her drinking.

I think that most girls that are into books about teens and their problems would like this book. I also think people who like books about people that change and make new friends would like this book.

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Color Me Wasted

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2005

Summary: A girl Amber Conrad is changing in her friends eyes. She is hanging out with a popular girl, Claire, which went to a party and brought Amber with her. Amber's father is a pastor at a church. Claire invites Amber to more and more parties. Amber's best friend, Simi, is always making a point about Amber's drinking. Amber then starts to realize that she does have a drinking problem. Then Claire's friend, Slater, really like Amber and asks her to the prom. They go on their first date and they go to a club. Amber gets trashed. Claire has a really bad drinking problem. At the end, there is a really bad accident that leads to a death.

I liked that Amber was making friends and having fun. I didn't like that she was partying all the time though. I also didn't like that there was a death because of drinking.

I think girls would really enjoy this book because these things can actually occur.

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T. Franklin

GREAT BOOK!

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2008

This book is great from beginning to end. If I hadn't been so busy while reading this book, I would have read it all in one setting. It keeps you wondering and keeps you wanting to keep turning the page! Highly recommended!

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Irina Mendel

Tolle Bücher :-)

Reviewed in Germany on December 10, 2012

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Die True Colors Bücher sind echt super! Man kann sich immer leicht in die Personen hineinversetzen, weil Melody Carlson einfach toll schreiben kann. Selbst in englischer Sprache habe ich die Bücher immer sehr schnell durch :-)

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