Discussion Questions 1 and 2

1. Publisher’s Weekly call My Sister’s Keeper a “a spellbinding suspense novel.” Give your input on why this magazine might call this story suspenseful. Think about the way the book is written from different perspectives and how sections end. Do you want to read more? Are there things that are a mystery in the story? How does Jodi Picoult reveal these secrets as the story moves along? Are there any questions that you want to know at this point in the story?


I think that it is called a suspense novel because once you read some of the book you want to keep reading more and more. It also makes it better because the story is told in different perspectives of each character and how they feel about each other. You always want to know what is going to happen in the end with Kate and all of the characters in the story. One question that I have is, “What is going to happen to Kate?”



#2. What is your opinion of Sara? With her life focused on saving Kate, she sometimes neglects her other children. Jesse is rapidly becoming a juvenile delinquent, and Anna is invisible -- a fact that the little girl knows only too well. What does this say about Sara's role as a mother? What would you have done in her shoes? Has she unwittingly forgotten Jesse and Anna, or do you think she has consciously chosen to neglect them -- either as an attempt to save a little energy for herself, or as some kind of punishment? Does Sara resent her other children for being healthy? Did you find yourself criticizing Sara, empathizing with her, or both?

My opinion of Sara is that she is trying to rush Anna and do anything to make Kate survive. Sometimes she spends so much time with Kate having to always look after her is some emergency comes up and neglects her other children. Sara seems like she isn’t worried to much about her other children because Jesse is doing drugs and running away and Anna is trying to sew her. I think that she should spend more time with her other children and not neglect them and let them do their own stuff that will hurt them in the long run.