Figurative Language in My Sister's Keeper

Simile: figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles"  
Sources:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/metaphor 
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simile 

Similes
1. "Actually, that's not quite true -- right now she doesn't have it, but it's hibernating under her skin like a bear, until it decides to roar again." (Page 2) 
2. "Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed -- sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's going to be." (Page 3)
3. "Kate's face looks as tiny and white as those distant moons that Brian likes to spot in his telescope-still, remote, cold." (Page 118)
4." Kate's ribs seem as thin as matchsticks, and there is a large gray blot just off center." (Page 117)
5. " He is talking about my little girl as if she were some kind of machine: a car with a faulty carburetor, a plane whose landing gear is stuck." (Page 111)

Metaphor
1. "The angel that arrives is wearing Armani and barking into a cell phone as she enters the hospital room." (Page 120)
2. "As I watch, Kate's features smooth, blur, obliterate, until her face is a white oval that could be anyone at all."(Page 119)
3." The doctors hover over Kate's feverish body,bees over a field of flowers." (Page 116)
4. "When she is tied to the bed, I am her eyes and ears." (Page 80) 
5. " My cheeks are on fire, my hear starts to pound." (84)