Jodi Picoult Books

My Sister's Keeper is the story of a girl who sues her parents for a right to make her own medical decisions. Anna was conceived after her older sister was diagnosed with leukemia. She is a perfect match for her sister, and spends her life in the hospital donating blood, marrow and whatever else her sister needs to live. As a teenager, she sues so that she will not have to give her sister a kidney. My Sister's Keeper covers the life of this family during the trial.

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Vanishing Acts is about Delia, a woman who searches for missing people, but whose life has so far seemed idyllic. Then one day Delia has a memory that seems out of place with her life. Suddenly the missing person she is searching for is herself -- she must found out what truly happened in her past and who she is.

The Tenth Circle is about a 14-year-old girl who is raped by her boyfriend, and the father whose identity as a good man will be shaken in his desire to protect and avenge his daughter.

In Nineteen Minutes, Picoult uses her signature style of telling a story from a variety of viewpoints in order to raise ethical questions. This time the topic at hand is school shooting, and the characters include teenagers who experience violence at their school.

Jodi Picoult took a break from her usual work to act as lead writer for DC Comics' Wonder Woman series. This is a collection of the comics she wrote, Wonder Woman issues 6 - 10.

June Nealon’s daughter needs a heart transplant, and the man on death row for killing the rest of her family wants to donate his. Can June accept his heart? That is the dilemma Picoult raises in Change of Heart.

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Handle with Care is the story of a family with a daughter, Willow, who was born with brittle bone disease, a condition that makes her bones break easily and that limits her height and movement. When Willow is four, her parents decide to sue their OB for "wrongful birth," claiming that Willow's condition should have been diagnosed earlier in the pregnancy so that they could have terminated the pregnancy. Sound controversial? Add to it the fact that the OB is the mother's best friend, who has remained close to the family since the birth, then throw in a neglected and bulimic older sibling, and you have classic Picoult.

• Book Review of Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
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Jodi Picoult is known for combining controversial issues, courtroom scenes and family drama. In House Rules, a boy with Asperger's syndrome is accused of murder. Picoult shifts viewpoints and examines the prejudices surrounding the boy's social disability. While the subject is interesting and the writing is easy to read, the plot is ultimately a little thin and disappoints in the end.

 

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Jodi Picoult's 2011 release, Sing You Home, focuse on a lesbian couple who is fighting for the right to start a family. The book includes a unique multi-media feature -- a CD of music that readers are supposed to imagine was written by the main character, who is a music therapist and musician.

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Lone Wolf is about a man who is estranged from his father, but comes home after his father and sister are in a serious accident. He wants to stop life support to his father so the organs can be donated to his sister, but the decision is complicated by tensions within the family.

Between the Lines is a young adult novel that Picoult co-wrote with her daughter, Samantha Van Leer. It tells the story of a teenage girl who is a loner and who is obsessed with a book. Is it possible the prince in the story could be real?