My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult

I was told to read this book by my friend who had just finished reading it herself, and thought is was brilliant.
This book follows the story of Anna, a 13 year old girl who was born for a purpose, the purpose to keep her sister, Kate, alive. But now she is fed up of all of the transfusions, surgeries and injections and now she’s making a huge decision and suing her parents… for the rights of her own body.
Not many authors would be able to sustain a plot such as this, but Picoult does it extremely well. It is told from many people’s point of views such as Anna’s, he parents’, her sister, the lawyer and many others besides. The plot flits between the past and present giving the reader an idea of why Anna came to her very difficult decision showing how she has helped her sister in the past and what she’s had to give up to do it.
This book is definitely for older readers as it deals with a very difficult subject and the details of the court case and the illness is something that a younger reader may find difficult to understand in its entirety.

Plot - 14/20

Characters - 16/20

Description - 15/20

Overall Enjoyment - 16/20

Total Percentage - 76%