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She doesn’t want to miss out on things in life, such as playing hockey, that she wouldn’t normally have to if she wasn’t born for the sole purpose of keeping her sister alive. However, if I was in Anna’s situation I would have donated everything I could to my sister to keep her alive. The difference is that Anna had been donating since the day she was born, and I’ve never had to donate anything or give anything up because of it. Since we find out in the end that Anna wanted to donate and that Kate wanted her to fight against it so she could die, I found that I differed from Anna’s character in this aspect of the book. I wouldn’t have listened to my sister and I would have tried even harder to keep her alive. This book could have an impact on readers by raising awareness about cancer, especially leukemia. I knew that leukemia was cancer of the blood, but I didn’t know about the various problems that came with it before I read the book. This book could also cause moral distress for the reader. For example, I struggled with deciding which side of the dilemma I agreed with
