Catalyst (novel)
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Michael Morgenstern |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | September 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 233 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-670-03566-1 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 49821813 |
| LC Class | PZ7.A54385 Cat 2002 |
| Preceded by | Speak |
Catalyst is a 2002 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a senior named Kate Malone. Teenreads.com put Catalyst on its Ultimate Teen Reading List.[1] It is set in the same fictional setting of Anderson's previous novel Speak.
The book tells the story of Kate Malone, a preacher's daughter and high school student who is excellent in chemistry and aspires to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but faces multiple tragic situations, ranging from rejection by MIT, to her neighbor Teri Litch's house burning down at the end of her senior year.
Throughout the novel Anderson makes extensive references to the periodic table of elements.[relevant?]
The Book Report's Roberta O'Hara liked Kate's inner struggles, describing them as "realistic".[2]
References
- ^ "Ultimate Teen Reading List". The Book Report. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Roberta O'Hara. "Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson". The Book Report. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
 | This article about a young adult novel of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |