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The Truth-teller's Tale (Truth, Secrets, & Dreams)

Series: Truth, Secrets, & Dreams
Volume: 2
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0670060003
Pages: 256 pages
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Reader Rating: 9 out of 10
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The Truth-teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn

Description: Eleda and Adele, mirror twins, discover that they are a Truth-Teller and a Safe-Keeper, respectively. Truth-Tellers are incapable of telling lies and recognize when others are lying, so society relies on their unwavering trustworthiness. Safe-Keepers cannot reveal what is told to them in confidence, and they bear the burden of people's confessions. The sisters do not realize the ramifications of their gifts until their teen years, when romantic and political intrigue abounds, and situations become more adult. Their friend Roelynn, whose wealthy merchant father intends to marry her off to the prince, sows plenty of wild oats behind her father's back. She often drags the sisters into the fray, and the summer they are all 17, a chain of events is set into motion that changes their lives.