My Sister's Keeper part two.

In the last blog about My Sister's Keeper I just lightly brushed over the book.The reason I like this book so much is that it's told from the different perspectives of all of the main characters in the story. When we had a sub in chemistry and watched a movie I spent my time just going through my favourite character's perspectives. That's what I like about books that you've read before, you don't necessarily have to read through the whole thing, you can just pick and choose the parts because you already know what's there.

Anna Fitzgerald is the 13-year-old sister who is suing her parents for the right to her own body. She's indecisive about what she's doing most of the time and pines for a normal life. She's stuck in a difficult position and is just trying to find a way out. To get money for a lawyer, she sold a that she recieved from her father when she was five for giving her sister "a gift" of lymphocytes.

Kate Fitzgerald is Anna's older sister who has had leukemia since she was two. Kate is a 15 or 16 loves soap operas and boys. She's currently in remission and needs a kidney transplant. Right now I don't know how Kate feels about her sister's decision.

Sara Fitzgerald is Kate and Anna's mom. So far her perspective begins in 1990 when she found out Kate had leukemia and describes all of her fear and how her sister Suzanne came out of the hectic business world to help her. I think that Kate getting leukemia was Sara's worst nightmare come to life. She once was a lawyer but turned into a housewife because she enjoyed raising her children, now though she really doesn't have much of a choice but to be with her daughter at all times. She's very upset that Anna has brought this law suit upon the family. She doesn't understand what's going on with Anna.

Brian Fitzgerald is Sara's husband and Anna and Kate's dad. Brian is a fire fighters, every day he saves people. He named Anna Andromeda because he likes the stars and the stories behind the constellations. At the station he has a telescope on the roof and during his free time he goes up there to look at the stars. Brian is the first to notice that Anna's locket is gone and sense that something is wrong with Anna. When he finds out that Anna has filed a law suit he's worried about Anna, not upset with her. He lets Anna live at the station while she's figuring things out (away from her mother). Lately the firefighters have been faced with an arson problem, just abandonned buildings, luckily none were occupied.

Jesse Fitzgerald is Brian and Sara's first born son and Kate and Anna's brother. He's around 18 or 19 and lives in the garage and has his own beat up car. He's the troubled kid and uses his sister's sickness to his benifit. Like he says people are always giving you a chance or the benifit of the doubt if your sister is dying. Jesse drives fast, smokes pot and probably drinks too, I can't remember. He loves his family but is impressed with Anna's law suit.

Campbell Alexander is Anna's attorney. At first he wouldn't take Anna's case and was about to send her to Planned Parenthood. But once Anna further explains that she wants the rights to her own body because her parents have used her for organ and cell donations since she was born he comes around realizing that she doesn't need birth control. He thinks this case will make him a more esteemed lawyer than he already is.

Campbell has a dog named Judge. He claims that he's a service dog but Campbell isn't blind and doesn't seem to be impaired in anyway. Each time he's asked about the dog he just says someting ridiculous like he has high blood pressure and Judge barks when his heart beats to fast.

Julia Romano works in the District Attorney's office and has been assigned Anna's guardian ad litem. She's in charge of all of Anna's medical decision while the case is going on. Julia and Campbell used to date in high school, however there relationship ended abruptly after Campbell took Julia to see his parents one night. She believes that after she met his parents they disaproved of her and he stopped his relationship because society said that he couldn't date a tution student rebel who wore combat boots and dyed her hair pink. This makes it difficult for Julia and Campbell to work together. She's also puzzled by Campbell's dog Judge.

I love this book. It's amazing. If you hadn't read it, you have to read it.

Well I've kinda read three books since the last time I blogged. Two of them were young adult books, so I don't know if they really count... I actually blogged about one of them and made a connection to the transcendentalists, but I can't find that blog after I saved it as a draft. I also read the Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis. I also stared a book that I got for Christmas one night... I think I'll be doing a blog about it later once I refresh my memory.

I didn't get to go to the Gatsby talk at the library. I kinda forgot about it. But I did listen/watch someone on youtube discuss it. I'm still working on Little Women. I watched the movie while I was babysitting one night and I think that I should just make it my goal to read it by the end of spring break or else I don't know if I'll ever finish it.