An Abundance of Katherines
When it comes to relationships, everyone has a type. Colin
Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. He has dated--and been dumped
by--19 Katherines. In the wake of The K-19 Debacle, Colin--an anagram-obsessed
washed-up child prodigy--heads out on a road trip with his overweight,
Judge Judy-loving friend Hassan. With 10,000 dollars in his pocket and
a feral hog on his trail, Colin is on a mission to prove a mathematical
theorem he hopes will predict the future of any relationship (and conceivably
win the girl). Green's roaringly funny second novel was a 2007 Michael
L. Printz Honor book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Reviews (Spoiler Alert!)
"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
"Green follows his Printz winning Looking for Alaska (2005) with
another sharp, intelligent story. The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from
delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual."
-Booklist, Starred Review
"Fully fun, challengingly complex, and entirely entertaining."
-Kirkus, Starred Review
"Laugh-out-loud funny, this second novel by the author of the
Printz winner Looking for Alaska charts a singular coming-of-age American
road trip that is at once a satire of and a tribute to its many celebrated
predecessors."
-Horn Book, Starred Review
