The Atonement Child is a 1997 novel by the American author Francine Rivers.

Dynah is a young Christian girl at a Bible college when rape shatters her life.

The resulting pregnancy and reactions from her family and friends may in turn shatter her faith.

At home she finds her family torn apart as her mother admits to an abortion before she had Dynah that made her incapable of having children for several years.

Dynah is eventually driven to isolate herself so that she can make the decision on her own.