Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
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Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough?
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate – a life and a role that she never challenged . . . until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister--and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision tha t will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister's Keeper is the story of one family's struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time.
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate – a life and a role that she never challenged . . . until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister--and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision tha t will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister's Keeper is the story of one family's struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time.
Awards
Green Mountain Book Award
2007 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Iowa High School Book Award
2007 · Young Adult · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Young Adult · Winner
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2007 · High School · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2006 · High School · Winner
Heartland Award
2006 · Young Adult · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2005 · Young Adult · Commended
Alex Award
2005 · Adult/For Young Adults · Winner
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