Four Truths and a Lie by Lauren Barnholdt. shared by khgar

Scarlett Northron just wanted a fresh new start. Her father had been caught stealing money and everyone at school teased her about that, so she decided to switch schools. When she got to her new boarding school she found out that her new roommate Crissa was not nice at all. In her Language Arts class their teacher told them that they would be writing to unknown pen pal at the boarding school for boys. Her pen pal wrote her a letter saying that he is going to play the game four truths and a lie with her and if she gets a statement wrong she will be “destined for darkness”. Her pen pal also tells her that he knows her father’s secret and will tell the whole school if she doesn’t do the dares. Some of the dares cause her to sneak out and get in trouble. Her pen pal James came to visit her and tells her that doing the four truths and a lie game was Crissa’s idea. She wanted Scarlett to do the dares, get in trouble, and eventually get expelled. He told Scarlett to stop doing the dares, but she was determined to complete them. For one of the dares Scarlet sneaked into the headmistress’s office after curfew to see some secret files, but gets caught and put on probation ,but Scarlett still wanted to do the last dare. The last dare was to find out if her bff’s dad was really stationed overseas. When her bff found out that Scarlett didn’t truly believe that her dad was in the military she got mad and asked Scarlett to leave. Scarlett was on a suspension for three days, probation, and lost her best friend, her life was a mess! She confronted Crissa and Crissa said that Scarlett was lazy, carless, and that she deserved it. The head mistress said that Scarlett can’t go to the school dance and if she broke any more rules she would be expelled. Scarlett decided to give Amber (her bff) her costly dress to wear to the dance and Amber forgave Scarlett. When Scarlett got to her room she saw Crissa crying and Crissa told her that her mom was always pressuring her about studying and other that she didn’t want to do. She said that she was really sorry about what she did to Scarlett and Scarlett forgave her. Scarlett also decided that it was time to forgive what her dad had done and start talking to him again. She also forgave James and they became a couple.