Synopsis: Children of the Most High

16-year-old Rebecca Graber has lived her entire life in a small Amish community in Ohio where everyone either knows or is related to every other Amish person. After participating in the custom of unmarried couples sharing a bed for the night, Rebecca's world suddenly changes. She's been raped by the one person she thought she knew best. As her journey unfolds, she begins to question who she can trust and who she cannot. Rebecca must find a way to come to terms with the event despite her family's insistence that she ignore the rape and forgive her attacker, as Jesus would have. A visit to the local police station proves ineffective as the officers conclude arresting the rapist would result in an interference between church and state. Based on several accounts from Amish people themselves as well as recalling the author's own Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage, Children of the Most High asks the reader difficult questions. Should the police interfere with the lives of those who have chosen to live in isolation, even if they have broken the law? Is radical forgiveness from the victim an appropriate replacement for justice?