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My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult
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  • First Published:
  • Apr 1, 2004, 423 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Feb 2005, 448 pages
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Bibliography:

  • Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices (1992)
  • Harvesting the Heart (1993)
  • Picture Perfect (1995)
  • Mercy (1996)
  • The Pact (1998)
  • Keeping Faith (1999)
  • Plain Truth (2000)
  • Salem Falls (2001)
  • Perfect Match (2002)
  • Second Glance (2003)
  • My Sister's Keeper (2004)
  • Vanishing Acts (2005)
  • The Tenth Circle (2006)
  • Nineteen Minutes (2007)
  • Change of Heart (2008)
  • Handle with Care (2009)
  • House Rules (2010)
  • Sing You Home (2011)
  • Lone Wolf (2012)
  • Between the Lines, with Samantha van Leer (2012)

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