True colors (Melody Carlson) | Southwest La Plata Library District

Feeling like she is the only virgin on the planet, a high school junior wrestles with questions about love and sex before ultimately choosing to give herself to God instead of her boyfriend.

4) Pitch Black

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 4

Pub. Date

c2004

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After one of their classmates kills himself, seventeen-year-old Morgan, whose faith in God was already wavering, makes a suicide pact with some other friends.

5) Burnt orange: color me wasted

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 5

Pub. Date

2005.

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

6) Fool's gold: color me consumed

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 6

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A daughter of missionaries from Papua New Guinea spends the summer in Los Angeles with her cousin and ends up in debt after getting caught up in the consumerism of wealthy surfer life.

7) Blade silver: color me scarred

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 7

Pub. Date

[2005]

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Ruth copes with an abusive situation at home by cutting herself, until her high school counselor helps her get the treatment she needs to start a new life.

8) Bitter rose: color me crushed

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 8

Pub. Date

[2006]

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A Mexican-American high school senior deals with the separation and divorce of her parents and their effects on her relationship with them and with God.

9) Faded denim: color me trapped

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 9

Pub. Date

[2006]

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Originally trying to lose only a few pounds, seventeen-year-old Emily's weight loss spins out of control as she develops eating disorders until she decides that trusting in God and her friends can help her regain her health.

10) Bright purple: color me confused

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 10
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When Ramona learns that her best friend since grade school is a lesbian, she struggles to decide how to respond, knowing that people of her community, and even her church, have trouble discussing homosexuality civilly.

11) Moon white: color me enchanted , True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 11

Author

Carlson, Melody

12) Harsh pink: color me burned

Author

Carlson, Melody

Series

True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 12

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Reagan Mercer is just trying to fit in at her new high school when she bumps one of the most popular girls from the cheerleading squad, but when she eventually becomes part of the in-crowd, she finds their behavior--and her own--disturbing. Includes discussion questions.