Burnt Orange: Color Me Wasted

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?

This fifth book in the teen fiction series TrueColors looks at alcohol abuse, addiction, and temptation.

The daughter of a pastor justifies going to drinking parties as helping others, disregarding the feelings of real friends.

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?

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.