Brief Summary Of The Book All The Truth That's In Me

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The book, “All the Truth That’s in Me,” is about a girl, named Judith, living in an unknown country. Judith has to recover from being captured and losing part of her tongue. When Judith returns home to Roswell Station after two years, only a few people acknowledge her as a person and try to help her. Her brother, Darrell, and two friends, Maria and Lucas are her only support. While the rest of the town, including her mother, shame her for being mute. Judith's captor was Lucas’ reclusive father, who was thought dead after being a war hero. When another war breaks out Judith runs to her captor for help. He dies in the war, and Judith and Lucas are both convicted for crimes of hiding him. Judith has to find her voice to tell the truth to Roswell Station. Throughout, “All the Truth That’s in Me,” Judith …show more content…
They met through Darrell, her brother, as friends. When Judith goes missing, Lucas and her father look for her. When she returns they become close, he was one of the few people that would accept her. Lucas becomes a family friend and helps in place of Judith's dead father. They go to court together and face the same punishment, while they both know they are they are actually innocent. After Judith finds her voice and tells Roswell Station the truth, they are released together. The next morning they get married. Lucas and Judith’s relationship changes constantly throughout the book and their lives. “All the Truth That’s in Me,” is a story of a girl named Judith who has to find her voice after being captured for two years. Her capturer cuts out part of her tongue making her an outcast back at Roswell Station. Few people support her, one of them being Lucas. On trial she is shamed for being mute and not defending herself. After she finds her voice and tells Roswell Station the truth about her capture and friends death, Lucas and her are released. Both characters change constantly throughout the

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