An Abundance of Katherines

Paperback, 227 pages

English language

Published April 9, 2006 by Dutton Books.

ISBN:
978-0-525-47688-7
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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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Subjects

  • Self-perception
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
  • Social Issues - Dating & Sex
  • Mathematics
  • Humorous Stories
  • Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General