Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

Year Published: 2000
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 0671776126
Pages: 405
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Drama
Interest Level:
Reading Level:
Subjects: Trials (Infanticide), Teenage girls, Amish, Detective and mystery stories, Legal stories, Fiction

Reader's Annotation: A young unmarried Amish woman is accused of killing her newborn baby, but fate brings to her Ellie Hathway, an urban lawyer who befriends and protects her.

Summary: A young Amish girl, Katie, conceives, gives birth in secret and leaves the baby to die. When the dead baby was discovered and the details of the baby’s death, Katie had to be tried in the modern court. Ellie Hathway, an urban defense attorney takes the case for Katie and finds out more about the Amish way of living and the real reason for Katie to kill the baby.

Warning: Mature Readers Book. Contents may not be appropriate for younger teens.

Reviews and Awards: Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal

Author Information: www.jodipicoult.com