Pitcharama Entry: White Lies

Manuscript Title: White Lies

Author: Andrea Aten

Age group: YA

Genre: contemporary fantasy

Word count: 71,000

250 word blurb:

For 16-year-old Dylan Lord, lying wasn’t a problem until Jack walked into her life. Now lying can be deadly.

 

Each lie Dylan tells and every lie she hears causes her physical pain. The bigger the lie means a larger cut will appear on her body, but she isn’t the only one getting hurt. Jack has the same exact cuts. And even though he is there to teach her to tell and find the truth, there’s a problem. They aren’t being completely honest with each other.

 

An innocent “I’m fine,” shatters her world. As a gash rips open across her stomach, she knows immediately nothing is fine. One look at Jack tells her he knows it too. And there’s more at stake than one lie. Feeders, people who specialize in spreading lies, are in town with the sole purpose of stopping Dylan from becoming a full-fledged Fide. They will go to any length win. From messing with her feelings for Jack, to destroying her family, nothing is out of bounds when it comes to stopping Dylan from finding the truth.

 

Dylan can’t cope with this. She doesn’t want to be a walking lie detector, but she has to try. Not all lies can be covered with Band-Aids. The lies she hasn’t healed are spreading towards her heart, and she can see she’s not the only one suffering. Jack’s in pain as well. If she doesn’t hear the truth soon, she won’t be the only one who dies.