num_pages: 423
description: New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13 she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate—a life and a role that she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister—and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.
language: English
title: My Sister's Keeper
titlecomplete: My Sister's Keeper
characters: Brian Fitzgerald, Anna Fitzgerald, Julia Romana, Kate Fitzgerald, Jesse Fitzgerald, Sara Fitzgerald, Campbell Alexander
genres: Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit, Novels, Drama, Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Adult, Family, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1193130
places: Providence, Rhode Island, The United States of America, Rhode Island
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Audie Award
category: Multi-Voiced Performance, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Young Adults, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Green Mountain Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Washington Square Press