My Sister's Keeper is about the Fitzgerald family. The story revolves around Sara and Brian Fitzgerald, whose second daughter Kate was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two. The eldest son, Jesse, was not a genetic match for Kate. Therefore he could not donate bone marrow or blood to Kate. With the help of a doctor, Sara and Brian managed to conceive Anna; who was a perfect genetic match with Kate. Over the next few years, Anna undergoes several procedures, including frequent blood draws and a painful bone marrow extraction, to help keep Kate alive. The current action of the story begins on Monday. Thirteen-year-old Anna goes to see a lawyer named Campbell Alexander and asks him to represent her. Anna tells Campbell that she wants to sue her parents for medical emancipation. Kate, her sister, is in end-stage kidney failure and Anna wants to file a lawsuit so she doesn't have to donate a kidney to Kate. When she is given the paperwork for the lawsuit, Sara gets angry at Anna because she can't understand Anna's decision. Brian, however, understands Anna's point of view to a certain extent and recognizes that he would not have filed a lawsuit if she had not been genuinely unhappy. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Kate becomes seriously ill and has to be hospitalized. Dr. Chance says she will die within a week. Anna, however, refuses to change her mind about the lawsuit. At the hearing, Sara decides that she will represent herself and Brian. At the trial, both Sara and Campbell question witnesses, including one of the doctors who is familiar with Kate's medical history. Reluctantly, Anna takes the stand and admits that she filed the lawsuit because Kate told her to. Anna explains that Kate asked Anna not to donate her kidney because she was tired of being sick and waiting for death. Anna also admits that, although she loves her sister, part of her wanted Kate to die too, so she could have more freedom in her life. Judge DeSalvo decides to grant Anna medical emancipation and gives Campbell medical power of attorney over her. On the way to the hospital, Campbell and Anna get into a serious car accident. At the hospital, doctors tell the family that Anna has irreversible brain damage. Campbell tells the doctors to give Anna's kidney to Kate. Kate tells the epilogue. She discusses the pain her family went through after Anna's death and how she blames herself. My Sister's Keeper has several themes presented throughout the story. But the most obvious one is that there is an ambiguous line between right and wrong. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay This is illustrated in the story through Anna's desire to put her own interests first; specifically to live independently of Kate and stop unwittingly serving as Kate's donor and his incompatible desire to put Kate's interests first. The trial, which takes up much of the novel's plot, centers on resolving this conflict. For much of the trial it is not possible to make an easy distinction between right and wrong. Anna is under no legal obligation to donate her kidney, which would require surgery and pose the risk of health problems. Yet, without Anna's kidney, which Anna can live without, Kate will die. Many characters struggle throughout the book to determine what the right solution is, with different characters arguing different sides.