Outside Reading Post #1

My outside reading book for quarter 1 is called My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. It is a heartfelt story of a girl named Anna who was conceived just so she could be a donor for her sister Kate who has leukemia. This story shows Anna's stuggles as she attempts to sue her parents for rights to her own body. Her whole life her parents have been deciding when she would give to her sister and Anna has never got a say in the matter. After thirteen long years of putting up with this, she feels that the right to her own body is more important than her sister and she decides to stand up for herself. She seeks the help of a lawyer by the name of Campbell Alexander. At first, Campbell is not sure what to think. There was a strange teenage girl in his officing planning on sueing her parents but he agrees to asist her. We soon learn that Campbell isn't doing it to be kind and genuine, he is doing it for the money. He doesn't really care about what happens to Anna.
Jodi Picoult has a very distinct style of writting and you get a sense of that even in the first couple chapters. First of all, each chapter is narrated by a different character. This gives the reader a real understanding of the different personalities of each character and how they feel about different situations. Secondly, the character narrates in the present tense. At first this was hard to get used to because many of the books I've read haven't been written in present tense besides dialogue. In a way, it is very interesting and makes you feel as though you are really "in the moment".
So far, My Sisters Keeper is a wonderful book and I can't wait to share more with you!