About “Catalyst”
Kate Malone is a high-achieving student navigating personal and family responsibilities while managing her life through logic and routine. When her family's neighbors are displaced and move into her home, forcing her to share her room with her rival, Teri Litch, and Teri's younger brother, Kate's sense of control begins to unravel, especially as she awaits a response from MIT and faces a sudden event that disrupts her life completely.
Awards & honors
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Winner — ALA Notable Book
Praise for “Catalyst”
“Anderson is a gifted writer who makes the complex worlds of teenage girls real to the reader, from the competitiveness and casual cruelty of high school to the wisecracks between friends to the families struggling to connect. Anything by this author is well worth reading.”
“Anderson’s take on human relations succeeds through her fresh writing and exceptional characterizations.”
Book details
- Published
- 2002
- Latest edition
- 2002 · ISBN 9780142400012
- ISBN
- 9780142400012
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is Catalyst?
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson has 240 pages.
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