My Sister's Keeper

No one can make you donate a kidney... right? Apparently, that's not necessarily the case if you're 13 years old and not deemed mature enough to make your own decisions about whether or not you want to part with a bodily organ. That seems wrong to me, but I guess when it's a choice between risking and impacting your life (goodbye, contact sports) or potentially prolonging your terminally ill sister's life (if the surgery doesn't kill her), it's not so cut and dry. To separate the tangled web of conflicting best interests, a judge is appointed to determine who should have the final say over Anna's body.

This book has a pattern of not following through with consequences - The arsonist son is never caught, and eventually becomes a member of the police force. A judge rules in Anna's favour, but Anna never gets the opportunity to use her autonomy since she is declared brain dead after a car crash immediately following the verdict. - and that is the main disappointment with this book: that it does not let any of the characters take responsibility for any of the choices they make.