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Author Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read nearly all of her books. One of the main reasons I enjoy her books so much is because the way Picoult tricks the reader into thinking one thing and then finally, in the home stretch, the last 10 pages, she drops a bomb on the reader.

One of my favorite Picoult books is __Nineteen Minutes__. The action begins in this book when there is a school shooting in the local high school. The book follows the main characters through there struggles with dealing with losing all of there friends and having there lives torn apart. To add to the struggle, the students have to testify in the case against the school shooter, Peter. One of the main characters, Josie, must testify about Peter murdering her boyfriend. The only problem with this is that she can’t recall what happened. In the last few minutes Picoult finally lets the reader in on the while story. It comes out that Peter didn’t actually kill Josie’s boyfriend. In fact, Josie killed her own boyfriend because she was so tired of being in an abusive relationship. This is a perfect example of deception. By withholding all of the facts until the end, the author creates breathe taking suspense. The reader is left wanting more at the end of the book. In my opinion, not being able to put the book down and wanting more once you’ve finished is the way to gage if a book is good or not.



Picoult’s book __The Pact__ begins with two families receiving horrible news of a death. The Golds and the Hartes learn that something went terrible wrong that night with their two children, Emily and Chris, who are dating. The families find out that Emily was murdered and the person the police are holding responsible is Chris. The two families are torn apart and as a reader you’re unsure who to side with. Just when you’re sure you are against Chris for murdering Emily, Picoult revels that Chris truly did murder Emily, but only at her request because she was depressed and scared that she might be pregnant. They both entered into a suicide pact and Chris was unable to kill himself after killing Emily. Once again, Picoult floods the reader with information at the last minute and lets you see how being deceived through out the whole book creates a very interesting read.



The book __Plain Truth__ displays incredible amounts of deception. Not only is the reader deceived about what really happens, most of the characters in this book are also deceived by other characters. The events of the book take place on Amish land. A newborn baby is found dead in a pond. The police are called and an investigation is started to find the mother. Soon the mother is found, 18 year old Katie who is Amish and unmarried. Not only does she deny having the baby, she also denies being pregnant.  Through out the book, more and more things are relieved. The reader finds out that Katie was in fact pregnant. But the baby was not fathered by her Amish boyfriend. It was fathered by a regular boy who she met and fell in love with while visiting her banished brother in the city. This came as a shock because for the longest time, the reader never even knew she had a brother, let about had been going into the city and staying with him in a college dorm. The main shock comes as the very end of the movie. The reader finds out that Katie didn’t kill her baby; her mother did to protect her from being banished. This is a shock because through out the book, the reader is lead to believe that the mother is simple and incapable of deceiving everyone.

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The image of Jodi Picoult's book Nineteen Minutes can be found at: http://cdn.overstock.com/images/products/LL10404601.jpg

Picoult, Jodi. __Nineteen Minutes__. New York: Washington Square P, 2008.

The image of Jodi Picoult's book The Pact can be found at: http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/06/085/880/006085880X.jpg

Picoult, Jodi. __The Pact__. New York: Washington Square P, 2006.

The image of Jodi Picoult's book Plain Truth can be found at: http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/685/product-6391685.jpg

Picoult, Jodi. Plain Truth. New York: Washington Square P, 2007.

The image of Jodi Picoult's book The Tenth Circle can be found at: http://www.eyeonbooks.com/cover.php?ISBN=0743496701

The image of Jodi Picoult's book My Sisters Keeper can be found at: http://www.jodipicoult.com.au/images/9781741145052.jpg