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An Abundance of Katherines

By John Green

By John Green

By John Green

By John Green

By John Green

By John Green

Paperback $10.99

Oct 16, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult

Hardcover $19.99

Sep 21, 2006 | 240 Pages | Young Adult

Ebook $9.99

Aug 14, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult

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    About An Abundance of Katherines

    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. 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.

    About An Abundance of Katherines

    From 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.

    About An Abundance of Katherines

    From 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.

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    About John Green

    John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), and The Fault in Our Stars. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John… More about John Green

    About John Green

    John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), and The Fault in Our Stars. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John… More about John Green

    About John Green

    John Green is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan), and The Fault in Our Stars. His many accolades include the Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and the Edgar Award. John… More about John Green

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Speak
    Oct 16, 2008 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780142410707

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Sep 21, 2006 | 240 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525476887

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Speak
    Aug 14, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781440629792

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    Praise

    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

    Awards

    Booklist Editor’s Choice WINNER

    Horn Book Fanfare WINNER

    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year WINNER

    Michael L. Printz Award Winner WINNER

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