Plain Truth | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Katie Fisher - This character is an eighteen-year-old Amish teenager who went on trial for killing her baby.

Sarah Fisher - This character is a typical Amish wife who lives on a dairy farm and whose daughter was on trial for killing her baby.

Aaron Fisher - This character is an Amish father, a traditionally minded man who takes the guidelines of the Amish community to an extreme.

Ellie Hathaway - This character is a defense attorney who is defending an Amish girl accused of killing her baby.

Samuel Stoltzfus - This character...
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