Ella is a girl who lives in a community with a demented religion, killing because they think god tells them to, no phones, TV, iPods, music or makeup. And horrible punishments if you break any of the rules. But Ella doesn't like it she questions almost everything about it and when she finds out a secret and the order finds out that she been talking to an outsider she in trouble. Will her outside love be able to help, or will it be to late and will Ella be murder. This is the story of Ella.