Plain Truth Study Guide

Plain Truth is a novel about an Amish girl who finds herself in the center of a murder trial and the lawyer who comes to her rescue. Katie's background makes it difficult to believe she would do something so heinous as kill her innocent newborn son, but the evidence seems to point in that direction. Despite her personal revulsion to what Katie has done, Ellie Hathaway takes on her case as a favor to their shared aunt. Through the course of the trial, Ellie and Katie become friends and through each other begin to see certain truths about themselves that help them to find happiness in their lives that seemed impossible to achieve. Plain Truth is a novel of love, trust, and honesty that will touch the hearts of all who read it. (read more)