My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

I read the New York Times review for My Sister's Keeper: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/books/books-in-brief-fiction-poetry-147680.html?pagewanted=1
I definitely agree with this review. Usually I don't read book like these that have SO much drama in them, but this one, as the review describes it is "some awkward combination of a sci-fi novel and a movie on the Lifetime Channel." Although this book does include a lot of drama, my love for the plot line overshadows it. In this novel, the protagonist, Anna, sues her parents for rights to her own body after being forced, year after year, to donate organs and tissues to her sister, Kate, who is dying of cancer. The conflict is that if Anna doesn't donate her kidney to her sister, she will die. The thing that I love about the story line of this book is that the protagonist, Anna is forced to do something wrong, like allowing her sister to die, if she wishes to reach her goal. I feel like this makes the book more realistic. Also, the reactions of the other characters to Anna's lawsuit makes the book more realistic. Anna's mother obviously wants to save her daughter, so she wants to lawsuit dropped. Her brother, who feels that she should do what she needs to thinks that she should continue on with it. Kate, her dying sister, has mixed feelings, but in the end I feel like she wants Anna to do whatever would make her happy.I loved this book and I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction and surprise twist endings!!!