An Abundance of Katherines
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · October 16, 2008
From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Michael L. Printz Honor Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist New York Times Bestseller When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful, quick-reading blend of teen friendship and melancholy with John Green’s familiar spark.
- Genres
- Romantic Comedy for Teens, Coming of Age, Funny YA
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, October 16, 2008
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From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Michael L. Printz Honor Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist New York Times Bestseller When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.
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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.
Light On Its Feet
A playful, quick-reading blend of teen friendship and melancholy with John Green’s familiar spark.
Come here for
- playful, author-faithful voice
- teenage feelings with a light touch
Expect
- emotion that stays close to the surface
- an easy entry point for a sustained read
Where it sits
| Coming of Age | 68% |
|---|---|
| Funny YA | 47% |
| Romantic Comedy for Teens | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny YA
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Friendship for Teens
- Authors
- John Green
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 16, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Funny YA