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false <![CDATA[Catalyst]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180991600m/1101255.jpg 170171 9 Chemistry honors student and cross-country runner Kate Malone is driven. Daughter of a father who is a reverend first and a parent second ("Rev. Dad [Version 4.7] is a faulty operating system, incompatible with my software.") and a dead mother she tries not to remember, Kate has one goal: To escape them both by gaining entrance to her own holy temple, MIT. Eschewing sleep, she runs endlessly every night waiting for the sacred college acceptance letter. Then two disasters occur: Sullen classmate Teri and her younger brother, Mikey, take over Kate's room when their own house burns down, and a too-thin letter comes from MIT, signifying denial. And so the experiment begins. Can crude Teri and sweet Mikey, combined with the rejection letter, form the catalyst that will shake Kate out of her selfish tunnel vision and force her to deal with the suppressed pain of her mom's death? "If I could run all the time, life would be fine. As long as I keep moving, I'm in control." But for Kate, it's time to stop running and face the feelings she's spent her whole life racing away from. Catalyst, Laurie Halse Anderson's third novel for teens, is a deftly fashioned character study of a seldom explored subject in YA fiction: the type-A adolescent. Teens will identify (if not exactly sympathize) with prickly Kate instantly, and be shocked or perhaps secretly pleased to discover that life is no easier for the honor roll student than it is for the outcast. Anderson earns an A plus for this revealing and realistic take on life, death, and GPAs. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert 939042 2002 Catalyst total:1866|5:407|4:614|3:589|2:224|1:32| 1866 6738 2581 283 1 4 false true Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Dec 01 14:01:15 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 14:01:57 -0800 2007
I don't enjoy this kind of book, but I understand its place in juvenile literature. It feeds a certain kind of re...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:25:23 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:28:11 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:36:58 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:37:57 -0800 2008 1
Catalyst is about a girl named Kate Malone, the daughter of a preacher, and science whiz is school. Her dreams and aspirations revolve around her acceptance into MIT. The book takes the reader through Kate's trials as she waits ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:40:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 15:53:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 20:35:26 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 19:49:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 05:45:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 05:59:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 true false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:34:06 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:49:52 -0800 2009 {Catalyst* is missing a huge part of what could have made up a good book for me. The main character, Kate, is an ambitious over-achiever science geek with plans of getting into MIT, but her hopes are dashed when she is rejected from her dream school - and it happens to be the only college she applie...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:45:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:46:47 -0700 2009 http://yannabe.com/2009/10/30/review-cat...

Summary: High school senior Kate is at the top of her class. She could attend just about any school, but it’s MIT she wants. All that matters is getting that acceptance package, but that’s okay because Kate’s got everything u...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Sep 16 09:54:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:08:09 -0700 2009 Speak. Kate, the science brain who is nevertheless too stupid (or too driven) to apply to any other college than MIT, doesn't get in (that's not a spoiler, it's the first twenty pages) and her life is turned upside down when her reverend father takes in Teri Litch, an ...more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Sep 15 09:01:24 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 01:47:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:40:38 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 14:59:21 -0700 2009 2
1. Unrealistic. I sincerely doubt someone so smart wo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:25:16 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:30:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 07:43:48 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 06:31:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 15:57:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 05:42:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:18:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:05:49 -0700 2009 Once ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 22:51:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 14:23:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:28:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:31:16 -0700 2009
Kate sounds ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 10:41:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 10:50:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 09:40:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:41:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 15:52:19 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:02:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1101255