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Catalyst

By Laurie Halse Anderson

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| Paperback | 9780142400012

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Meet Kate Malone-straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend (to Mitchell "Early Decision Harvard" Pangborn III), unwilling family caretaker, and emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it as logically as the periodic tablContinue

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Catalyst By Laurie Halse Anderson

Good Kate and Bad Kate battle in the same body. Good Kate Malone is the minister's daughter, the honor roll student, the good sister. She makes meals, irons shirts, takes care of her sick brother Toby and awaits admission to MIT. Bad Kate is Miss Suc ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

CATALYST

Laurie Halse Anderson is the award-winning author of SPEAK, a telling novel about high school cliques, and the expected conformity and sought after acceptance that are part and parcel of the teenage experience. In CATALYST, her latest young adult nov ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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Meet Kate Malone - straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend (to Mitchell "Early Decision Harvard" Pangborn III), unwilling family caretaker, and emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it, as logically as the periodic c ... (continue)

Meet Kate Malone - straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend (to Mitchell "Early Decision Harvard" Pangborn III), unwilling family caretaker, and emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it, as logically as the periodic chemical reactions: first, the Malones' neighbors get burned out of their own home and move in. Kate has to share her room with her nemesis, Teri Litch, and Teri's little brother. The days are ticking by and she's still waiting to hear from the only college where she's applied: MIT. Kate feels that her life is spinning out of control - and then, something occurs that truly blows it all apart. Set in the same community as the remarkable Speak, Catalyst is a novel that will change the way you look at the world.

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