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My sister’s keeper Aljazy AlShehween
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Jodi picoult Jodi Picoult, 44, is the bestselling author of eighteen novels. “Turning the pages, all you’ll care about is what happens next. That’s the mark of pretty much every Jodi Picoult book, and it’s the reason she keeps topping best-seller lists.” —San Antonio Express News “Picoult is a master of the craft of storytelling ” —Book Review, AP news wire “With a strong, topical theme, Picoult gets into the heads of her well-developed characters.” —The Daily Telegraph (Sydney Australia)
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characters Sara: a Mother to the three teens. She has desperately cared for Kate since she was diagnosed. Although she clearly loves her other children, the high level of attention she gives to Kate does not give her much time to pay much attention to Anna or Jesse, almost to the point of being callous.
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Brian: a Father of Anna, Kate, and Jesse. His is a firefighter
Brian: a Father of Anna, Kate, and Jesse. His is a firefighter. Although he lives at the firehouse a lot and called away often, he is a very loving and attentive father.
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Kate : 16 years old and older sister of Anna's
Kate : 16 years old and older sister of Anna's. She was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia at a very young age. She has basically lived with it almost her entire life.
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Anna : 13 years old She hired a lawyer to get medical emancipation from her parents so she will not be forced to donate her kidney and she knew that the reason her parents had her was so that there could be a bone marrow donor for Kate.
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Jesse: the Oldest child, brother to Anna and Kate
Jesse: the Oldest child, brother to Anna and Kate. He is very rebellious, and his parents often don't know where he is at. He likes to play with matches and intentionally burns down old vacant buildings with a friend.
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Campbell Alexander: He is the intelligent, savvy attorney Anna hires
Campbell Alexander: He is the intelligent, savvy attorney Anna hires. Caring little about anyone else, he takes on Anna's case because it will bring him a lot of publicity and he doesn't think he'll have to do much work to win the case. He has a service dog, although we don't find out until the end what it is for.
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summery conceived by means of in vitro fertilization, Anna Fitzgerald was brought into the world to be a genetic match for her older sister. Kate, who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, in order to keep her alive. Her family members are introduced one by one and each tells about how Kate's illness has affected them personally. When Kate turns 15, she goes into renal failure. Eleven-year-old Anna knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys. She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she will want to lead - she may be unable to cheer-lead, play soccer, or be a mother. Anna tells her parents that she does not want any of this, and proceeds to sue them for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Her extremely overprotective mother. Sara, who leads an obsessive campaign to keep Kate alive, is indignant at Anna's decision and even strikes her across the face when she receives the notice of court proceedings. Attorney Campbell Alexander agrees to work for Anna as her guardian ad litem, suing for partial termination of parental rights. It is later learned he agreed to take the case not for the notoriety, but because he has epilepsy and understands her predicament of not having control over her own body.
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Right before the end of the trial, a plot twist: When Anna first found out about the need for a kidney transplant, she was going to do it and had not problem with it. But, Kate convinced her not to. Turns out, she didn't want to go through with the surgery, she was sick of it all. She knew she'd die without the transplant, but she just couldn't go through it all. It was Kate who convinced Anna to get the lawyer. The trial ends with the judge ruling in Anna's favor. She receive medical emancipation from her parents. Everyone is happy that the case is over, and no one is mad at Anna for doing what she did. A sad twist of fate then happens. Campbell is driving in a car with Anna in the passenger seat. The car is struck by a truck. Campbell makes it out okay, but Anna is left brain dead. Everyone is stricken with grief, especially Sara who had always been planning out the death of her other daughter, Kate. The doctor asks about organ donation. Campbell, being the medical power of attorney for Anna, says that Anna would want her kidney donated to her sister.
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like I liked about the book that it showed how sister love can fix everything.
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Activities “It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them?” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper “You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
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