My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

I finally had the chance to finish this book. I had started reading this book in Korea, a little over a year and a half ago. Unfortuantely, the lady I borrowed it from (another foreign English teacher) was leaving and I had to give it back before I had the chance to finish it. I got my own copy this past Christmas, but didn't get to start into it until recently.

The story is about a girl, Anna, who is taking her parents to court to sue for medical emancipation. She doesn't want to be used as a means to keep her sister alive. She wants to be a normal girl, one who has her own life.

I really enjoyed this book. I was totally wrong on why Campbell Alexander (Anna's lawyer) had a service dog. I knew he wasn't blind or deaf, and figured (due to the dog's nuzzling) that it might have had something to do with a bad kidney or bladder or something. I was totally wrong - not even close. I won't mention why, in case someone reading this hasn't had the chance to yet read this great book. I will say that I didn't know they had service dogs for this type of situation.

Also, I won't give away the ending. I hate when people do that. but, I will go so far to say that I wasn't expecting this ending.

I really enjoyed reading this book, and do recommend it to others. The book is well written and made me want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen.

A couple of weeks ago, in the teacher's lounge at the school where I was doing my teaching internship, a couple of the teachers were talking about Jodi Picoult's books. I was trying not to listen because one of the books they were discussing was this one, and since I hadn't finished it at that point, I didn't want the ending spoiled for me. At any rate, one of the teachers said that she finds that the endings are never what you expect, and you either like it or you don't. Still, I think I'd like to read some of Jodi Picoult's other books anyway and form my own opinion.

The next book I've picked up to read is Eyes of Elisha by Brandilyn Collins. I won this book in a contest (well, you just submit your name and the person running the contest drew one out of a hat or used a random generator or something) a short time before heading for Korea. I didn't get to read it before leaving, but I'm picking it up now. I'll let you know what I think when I've finished reading it!