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  1. www.sparknotes.com › lit › my-sisters-keeperMy Sister's Keeper: Character List - SparkNotes

    • Anna Fitzgerald. The youngest Fitzgerald child and the protagonist of the novel. Described by her father as their family’s constant, thirteen-year-old Anna is smart, funny, and observant.
    • Sara Fitzgerald. The mother of the Fitzgerald family. Sara is strong, stubborn, and intelligent, and her life centers on her efforts to keep Kate alive. She has extremely strong maternal instincts, but her single-minded focus on saving Kate sometimes exists at the expense of her marriage and her relationships with her two other children.
    • Campbell Alexander. Anna’s lawyer. Initially arrogant and brusque, Campbell gradually emerges as a character with many layers. In many ways, he mirrors Anna.
    • Brian Fitzgerald. The father of the Fitzgerald children and a career firefighter. Brian often serves as a foil to Sara. In contrast to her, he can view the situation from his children’s perspectives, making him both more perceptive and understanding than Sara at times.

  2. www.litcharts.com › lit › my-sister-s-keeperKate Fitzgerald Character Analysis in My Sister’s Keeper ...

    Sara Fitzgerald. The middle child of the Fitzgerald family, Kate is 16 at the start of the novel—an age she was never expected to reach. At age two, Kate was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia and was not expected to live more than a few years. However, her parents Sara and Brian conceived Anna in order for Kate to have a match for ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › My_Sister's_Keeper_(novel)My Sister's Keeper (novel) - Wikipedia

    My Sister's Keeper is the eleventh novel by the American author Jodi Picoult. Published in 2004, it tells the story of thirteen-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, who sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is told to donate a kidney to her elder sister Kate, who is suffering from acute leukemia .

    • Jodi Picoult
    • 2004

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › My_Sister's_Keeper_(film)My Sister's Keeper (film) - Wikipedia

    My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult 's 2004 novel of the same name , [ 1 ] on June 26, 2009, the film was released to cinemas in the United States, [ 2 ] Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

  6. www.shmoop.com › study-guides › my-sisters-keeperKate Fitzgerald in My Sister's Keeper Character Analysis - Shmoop

    Perhaps the most shocking thing about My Sister's Keeper is that Kate ends up living and Anna, the donor, dies. Not during organ donation, either, but in a freak car accident. After this, Kate receives Anna's kidney and ends up living. Kate kind of feels guilty about this. If you're a believer in fate, it might seem like Kate altered it—it ...

  7. www.shmoop.com › study-guides › my-sisters-keeperMy Sister's Keeper What's Up With the Ending? | Shmoop

    Everything is looking pretty good in the final chapters of My Sister's Keeper. Anna reveals that Kate doesn't want her kidney and this whole trial was her idea, meaning that it's okay for Anna to keep her kidney and for Kate to die, so that Anna doesn't seem like a villain. Taking this into consideration, the judge grants Anna medical ...

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  9. www.litcharts.com › lit › my-sister-s-keeperMy Sister’s Keeper: 56. 2010: Kate Summary & Analysis

    My Sister’s Keeper: 56. 2010: Kate. Kate muses about how grief should have a statute of limitation, so that after a certain point, the pain gets gradually less and less intense and it’s easier to move on without feeling guilty about it. She describes how, for some time after Anna ’s death, Brian claimed he could see Anna in the sky, and ...