Grace Livingston Hill Lutz was an early 20th century Christian Romance novelist. She is credited with having written hundreds of short stories and novels. Her strong female characters were either solid Christian women or women who became Christian during the course of the story. Hill's message was always the same: good verses evil. The Witness grabs the reader from the first few paragraphs. The story begins in a dormitory where a group of boys attack one boy. Their original aim was to make him swear. He was a religious boy and this difference provoked the boys into their bulling of him. An older boy watches as things get out of hand. This is one of those books that you cannot put down.