<p>I just heard that we have to read My Sister's Keeper for Duke. Is this true and if so, what purpose is there to reading it?</p>
<p>That's the book. I hear it will be mailed out soon to us. I think we're reading it so we can discuss it during orientation week. I don't think we get graded on it or anything.</p>
<p>No, but its something to talk about once you get to Duke, they'll bring the author in to do a big lecture if you're interested and all. It's good, but there's no enforcement if you don't read it. Most kids do. Some Writing 20 classes might expect you to have read it - though that might have just been mine in the Middle East FOCUS, because the book my year was written about a child in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>does anyone know when we get it? (i mean anything other than "soon" haha)
I might just go into Barnes & Noble and start reading it there.</p>
<p>yeah. last year when i was a fac, some of my faclets didn't read the book, and while that made for an ineffective book discussion, i didn't care. we just talked about duke type things.</p>
<p>My cousin was a frosh last year, he didn't read last years book and didn't go to any orientation events whatsover...spent the first few days making friends and exploring the campus instead</p>
<p>moral of the story: you don't have to worry about required reading...you'll have enough reading as soon as classes start up lol</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you have enough time this summer I would read it. Our book last year, imo, was an absolutely wonderful book, and I really enjoyed reading it. Plus it was quick reading, so it was a completely enjoyable process. You might find that you really like the summer reading, because Duke usually does a good job picking out interesting, compelling books.</p>
<p>My Sister's Keeper is a compelling, controversial, and interesting novel. It will definitely make people talk, a nice icebreaker for the incoming freshmen.</p>
<p>I read the back of My Sister's Keeper in Barnes&Noble, and then flipped through the beginning pages to see if it was a true story at all, or inspired by a true story, etc. But I couldn't find anything, so it doesn't seem like it is. I'm pretty sure I heard a similar story in the news once about a baby that was born specifically to be a donor match for a sibling. Anyone know anything regarding the truth behind the story? (I'm sure it's a great book either way, but I'm just curious!)</p>