Catalyst - Laurie Halse Anderson

Catalyst

By Laurie Halse Anderson

  • Release Date: 2002-09-30
  • Genre: Fiction for Young Adults
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 50 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

Meet Kate Malone-straight A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, girlfriend, unwilling family caretaker, emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it, as logically as the periodic table. She can handle it all-or so she thinks. Then, like a string of chemical reactions, everything happens: the Malones' neighbors get burned out of their home and move in. Because her father is a Good Man of God (and a Not Very Thoughtful Parent), Kate has to share her room with her nemesis, Teri Litch, and Teri's adorable, troublemaking little brother. And through it all, she's still waiting to hear from the only college she has applied to: MIT. Kate's life is less and less under control-and then, something happens that blows it all apart, and forces her to examine her life, self, and heart for the first time. Set in the same community as the remarkable Speak, Catalyst is a novel that will make you think, laugh, cry, and rejoice-sometimes at the same time.

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Latest Impressions

  • Ehh

    3
    By Gimgam561243
    Decent book, it's good patient read. I personally found it very dry and uninteresting. I tried to read to the end but I couldn't take it anymore so I abandoned it a little more than half way through.
  • I Definitely Reccomend This

    5
    By Gtimesthree
    Catalyst gives us a look into the life of Kate Malone, an overachieving high school senior. I can read it over and over again and never get tired of it. My new favorite book!
  • Good and Interesting

    4
    By alexzandra_307
    Not really "on the edge of your seat" but if you're patient, you'll find it's a pretty decent book with a nice ending.