Plain Truth and Sing You Home are novels both written by Jodi Picoult. Both have plots involving religion and how it strongly influences the characters and the court cases they are subjected to. Religion is a topic addressed in the book in both positive and negative light, the religions exposed; The Amish and Evangelicals prove extremist. Positive enlightenment can be seen in some characters and their innocence, such as Katie (Plain Truth) and Liddy (Sing You Home). The negativity is spread across the pages, with murder trials and anti-homosexual preaching. Pure Truth is a story of Amish life with a psychological drama set in a court case. When an unmarried Amish woman, Katie Fischer, is put on trial for killing her newborn baby, Ellie Hathaway, an estranged cousin, decides to defend her and consequently becomes her legal guardian as the court case proceeds. Katie is seen to have broken the Ordnung for having a child out of wedlock and is placed under the ban for a period of time. His brother has already been excommunicated from the Amish community for wanting to continue his education beyond eighth grade. Sarah, Katie's mother, in an attempt to keep her family together sends Katie to Jacobs University to visit him. During her many visits Katie meets Adam, Jacobs' friend and landlord. She falls in love with Adam and this is where her problems begin. Sing You Home reveals Zoe's heterosexual married life with Max, which collapses after an IVF failure and in a chain of events forming a homosexual partnership with Vanessa. To start a family with Vanessa, Zoe files a subpoena against her ex-husband Max for custody of their frozen embryos from IVF. In return Max has again adopted himself into the Christian faith in the Eternal... middle of the paper... with his own heads" (Sing You Home p.382). This strongly demonstrates the evangelical beliefs according to Pastor Lincoln and in response to his biblical attack on Zoe and Vanessa's relationship, their lawyer Angela Moretti defends herself with: "But you have to admit, pastor, that not all the decrees of the Bible make sense today." you're taking the lyrics out of historical context-“ “Mr. Lincoln,” says Angela Moretti flatly “You did it first.” (Sing You Home p.388) Both of these lyrics have very profound influences from the religion. It affects how people are raised, how they are seen in the public eye, and how they are treated legally. Jodi Picoult has created very powerful messages in both texts; those religions affect individuals and sometimes religion is not always right. Works Cited Jodi Picoult - Sing You Home and Plain Truth