My Sisters Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

About the Author

Born on May 19, 1966

Lived on Long Island

Graduated from
Princeton.

About the Author

Married Timothy Warren
Van Leer

Got her Masters Degree

from Harvard

She has 23 best selling

novels

Characters
Anna is the youngest
child (13 years old).

She was designed to be

a match for Kate.

She is the protagonist.

Characters
Kate is dying of
Leukemia.

Her cancer is the focal

point of the story.

Characters
Sara is the mother of
Anna, Kate, and Jesse.

He sole focus is saving

Kate, and her other
children do not always
get the attention they
need.

Characters
Brian is the father of
Anna, Kate, and Jesse.

He understands why
Anna does not want to
give up her kidney.

Characters
Jesse is Anna and Kates
18 year old brother.

He gets into trouble

because he does not get
very much attention
from his parents.

Characters

Julia Romano was

appointed to be Annas
guardian ad litem.

Characters
Campbell Alexander is
the lawyer that agrees
to represent Anna.

He dated Julia in high

school.

Summary

Literary Criticisms
Picoult

uses multiple viewpoints to reveal

each character's intentions and observations,

but she doesn't manage her transitions as
gracefully as usual; a series of flashbacks are
abrupt. Nor is Sara, the children's mother, as
well developed and three-dimensional as
previous Picoult protagonists. Her devotion to
Kate is understandable, but her complete lack
of sympathy for Anna's predicament until the
trial does not ring true, nor can we buy that
Sara would dust off her law degree and
represent herself in such a complicated case.
Nevertheless, Picoult ably explores a complex
subject with bravado and clarity, and comes up
with a heart-wrenching, unexpected plot twist
at the book's conclusion. -Publishers Weekly

Literary Criticisms
Unfortunately, Picoult has overburdened
an elegant and riveting premise with
irrelevant sentimental subplots. Told from
seven different points of view at least
three too many the book plumbs the
dreary inner life of Kate and Annas
troubled older brother, a budding arsonist
whose complaints cant compete with the
courtroom drama. The novel goes into
even greater detail about the personal
history of Annas attorney and his reunion
with a high school love. Soapy discursions
like this dilute the effect of Picoults sharp
central narrative. -Jennifer Weese

History Correlation
1947: First-Ever Remission Of
Pediatric Leukemia

1958: Combining Chemotherapy

Drugs Found To Improve
Leukemia Survival

1967: Treating Central Nervous

System Helps Achieve First Cures
For The Common Childhood
Leukemia

History Correlation
1986: Scientists Discover Genes
Linked To Increased Risk Of
Childhood And Adult Cancers
1993: Major Study Tracks Long-Term
Health Of Childhood Cancer
Survivors
2001: National Cancer Institute
Consolidates Clinical Research On
Childhood Cancers
2003: Adding Two Drugs To Standard
Chemotherapy Improves Survival For
Children With Early-Stage Ewing
Sarcoma

Art Correlation

Music Correlation
Fight Song by Rachel
Platten
Live Like You Were
Dying by Tim Mcgraw
Fight Like A Girl by
Bomshel

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