Catalyst (novel)
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| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | September 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover &Paperback) |
| Pages | 233 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0670035661 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | Speak |
Catalyst is a 2002 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a senior named Kate Malone. It can be regarded as a sequel to Speak, as it has the same setting in Merryweather High School and a cameo appearance by Melinda Sordino (the protagonist in Speak), and it takes place a year after the events in Speak.
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[edit] Plot summary
Kate Malone, a Protestant cleric's daughter and high school student who is excellent in chemistry and aspires to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faces multiple tragic situations ranging from rejection by MIT to the fire of her neighbor Teri Litch at the end of her senior year. All these become catalysts propelling self-centered, arrogant Kate to change. Throughout the novel Anderson made extensive reference to the periodic table.
[edit] Characters
Kate Malone: The protagonist, an academically stellar senior, track athlete, and a cleric's daughter.
Terri Litch: Antithesis of Kate Malone, a lonely, kleptomaniac girl who is born into a poverty-stricken dysfunctional family but is a good mechanic.
Mr. Malone: Kate's father, a good-hearted minister who decided to help Terri against Kate's will when Terri's house was burnt down.
Mitchell A. Pangborn III: Kate's boyfriend who was accepted to Harvard University.
Sarah Kate's best friend, her boyfriend is Travis.
[edit] References
- Anderson, Laurie Halse (September 2002). Catalyst, 1st ed., Viking Children's Books. ISBN 0670035661.
