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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100525476881
ISBN-139780525476887
eBay Product ID (ePID)52859055
Product Key Features
Book TitleAbundance of Katherines
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Themes / Dating & Relationships, Social Themes / Dating & Sex, General, Social Themes / Friendship, Humorous / General
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorJohn Green
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2006-004191
Reviews"Fully fun, challengingly complex and entirely entertaining." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A sharp, intelligent story…." -Booklist, starred review "A coming of age novel that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors." -Horn Book, starred review, An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editors' Choice A Kirkus Best Book of the Year "Fully fun, challengingly complex and entirely entertaining." -- Kirkus , starred review "Laugh-out-loud funny...a coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors." - Horn Book , starred review "Imagine an operating room at the start of a daring but well-rehearsed procedure and you will have something of the atmosphere of "An Abundance of Katherines": every detail considered, the action unrolling with grace and inevitability." -- New York Times Book Review "Funny, sweet, and unpredictable." - The Minneapolis Star Tribune "The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual." - Booklist , starred review, An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editors' Choice A Kirkus Best Book of the Year "Fully fun, challengingly complex and entirely entertaining." - Kirkus , starred review "Laugh-out-loud funny…a coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors." Horn Book , starred review "Imagine an operating room at the start of a daring but well-rehearsed procedure and you will have something of the atmosphere of "An Abundance of Katherines": every detail considered, the action unrolling with grace and inevitability." -- New York Times Book Review "Funny, sweet, and unpredictable." The Minneapolis Star Tribune "The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual." Booklist , starred review
TitleLeadingAn
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Grade ToUP
SynopsisFrom 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., In this new novel from the acclaimed author of "Looking for Alaska," Colin Singleton always falls for girls named Katherine--and he's been dumped 19 times, to be exact. Letting expectations go and allowing love are in the heart of his hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.