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My Sister's Keeper

A thirteen-year-old girl, conceived to be a match for her sister who has leukaemia, hires a lawyer to sue her parents for control over her own body. The case divides the family.

First published
2004
Pace
fast
Length
medium
Format
Standalone

Read this if you like emotional family dramas built around a moral dilemma with no easy side.

Skip this if you want to avoid stories about childhood cancer and the strain it places on a family.

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Content warnings

  • Terminal illness
  • Death
  • Grief
  • Child death

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