My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

13 year old Anna was born to save her sister, Kate. Kate has a rare type of Leukemia and was diagnosed at age 2. She needed cord blood, and siblings or parents make the safest donors. Since nobody in her family was a match, Kate's parents had to have another baby. With the help of doctors, they were able to ensure that the baby (Anna) would be a perfect match for Kate. Throughout Anna's life, she had to undergo many surgeries and transplants to save her sister. Now, 13 years later, Anna is being forced to do a risky kidney transplant that has a slim chance of even helping Kate. So Anna files a lawsuit against her parents for rights to her own body. My Sister's Keeper follows the story of Kate and Anna's family and lawyers, and how sometimes decisions that are good for one person may hurt another.

Alana (Hagerty, FL. 9th)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This book allowed me as a reader to enter a world so different from what we live in today. Lee's novel is set in the 1930s, a time when the Jim Crow laws were so deeply ingrained in the people of the Southern United States. It shows readers how racisim can destroy families and split up society. The novel depicts the cruelty and unfairness of racisim through the perspective of a young girl, Scout. I truly enjoyed this book; it was a great piece of historical fiction.

Sohani (Hagerty, FL. 11th)