Anna Fitzgerald was born to save her sister's life. Her sister, Kate, was diagnosed with leukemia when she was two, and Anna was "programmed" to be a perfect donor for Kate. Some of Anna's blood was given to Kate just minutes after Anna was born, so she was not aware of it. As she got older, she understood what was going on, her purpose for living, so she continued to donate to Kate, because she felt it was the right thing to do. However, at age thirteen, she decides to sue her parents for rights to her own body. She understands that her family needs her, but she grows tired of feeling used and what seems like only loved for her contributions to her sister. Anna acknowledges the fact that she is her own person, she has her own life, and she wants to make decisions for herself. Enter Campbell Alexander, Anna's attorney, who helps her fight for her individual rights. 
 I had high expectations going into this book. A lot of people I know have read it and love it, so I really wanted to love it, too. As it turns out, I do not love it, but it is a good book. At first, I gave the book two stars, because the first half of the book was somewhat all over the place; it did not feel like the one story of My Sister's Keeper, rather it felt like a book of short stories. The chapters switch back and forth between all of the main characters' point of view, but none of them felt connected to one another, and it felt like I was reading a lot of useless information that has nothing to do with the overall story. However, once I got closer to the end, when the court scenes began, and then I finished the book, I understood the inclusion of all of that "useless" information that was not really useless at all, so now the book has three stars. The ending completely broke my heart. TMI Alert: I bawled; tears were running all down my face and snot was running right along with them. I have cried while I was reading books before (twice before this), but I have never cried as hard as I did at the ending of this book. One thing that made it so much more meaningful and heartbreaking was the fact that I really knew the characters from reading about their pasts and who they are, so I felt how much they mean to one another, which made the ending have much more of an impact. It did make sense, and I do think that it was a perfect ending, but that does not make it any less heart wrenching and hard for me to read. 
 I pretty much like all of the characters except for Sara, the mother. I had a really hard time trying to see things from her perspective, because no matter what she thought, said, or did, I still found her to be a manipulative B, especially when it came to Anna. I do not think she understood the fact that, even though Anna was created to save Kate, Anna is just as much her daughter as Kate is who needs just as much love and protection. Throughout the whole book, Sara cared more about Kate's well-being than Anna's, which disturbed me. I did enjoy Campbell and Julia's story; it was a sweet and refreshing inclusion to such a heavy, emotional read.