An Abundance of Katherines

$15.99

Hardcover
Author: John Green
Publisher: Dutton
Publish Date: September 2006
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.6
EAN: 9780525476887

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Overview

From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.

On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun–but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.

Details

Pages: 240
Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.34 x 0.84 in
Lexile Score: 890
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 10
ISBN: 0525476881

Awards

2011 Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee (High School)
2009 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2009 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Teen)
2009 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Senior/Grades 10-12)
2008 Iowa High School Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2008 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2007 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Fourteen and Up)
2007 Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book (Young Adult)
2007 Tayshas Reading - Commended (Young Adult)
2006 L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist (Young Adult Fiction)