Discussion Questions for “My Sister’s Keeper”

  1. Compare and contrast the sister relationship of the following: Anna and Kate, Sara and Suzanne, Julia and Isobel.
  2. Campbell and Kate both have medical conditions that are important in the book. Discuss how these medical conditions impact those around them. How do Campbell and Kate cope with their conditions?
  3. Parents have conceived babies to help their sick siblings in real life. Not so long ago, this would not have been possible. Discuss designer babies and how the fertility industry can help or hurt people.
  4. Discuss the ways Anna and Kate try to be normal teenagers. How are their lives different from their peers?
  5. Why does Kate only have one chapter at the end? Why does the reader not get her perspective during her illness? What effect does that have for the reader?
  6. What do you think Anna would have done if she had lived? Would she have donated the kidney to her sister? Why or why not?
  7. Speculate what Kate’s conversation was with the judge at the hospital.

Please refer to the “QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION” section at the end of the novel. Respond to two of the discussion questions…you pick.

Discussion Questions for “My Sister’s Keeper”

  1. Compare and contrast the sister relationship of the following: Anna and Kate, Sara and Suzanne, Julia and Isobel.
  2. Campbell and Kate both have medical conditions that are important in the book. Discuss how these medical conditions impact those around them. How do Campbell and Kate cope with their conditions?
  3. Parents have conceived babies to help their sick siblings in real life. Not so long ago, this would not have been possible. Discuss designer babies and how the fertility industry can help or hurt people.
  4. Discuss the ways Anna and Kate try to be normal teenagers. How are their lives different from their peers?
  5. Why does Kate only have one chapter at the end? Why does the reader not get her perspective during her illness? What effect does that have for the reader?
  6. What do you think Anna would have done if she had lived? Would she have donated the kidney to her sister? Why or why not?
  7. Speculate what Kate’s conversation was with the judge at the hospital.

Please refer to the “QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION” section at the end of the novel. Respond to two of the discussion questions…you pick.