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Catalyst
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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Meet Kate Malone-straight A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, girlfriend, unwilling family caretaker, emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it, as logically as the periodic table. She can handle it all-or so she thinks. Then, like a string of chemical reactions, everything happens: the Malones' neighbors get burned out of their home and move in. Because her father is a Good Man of God (and a Not Very Thoughtful Parent), Kate has to share her room with her nemesis, Teri Litch, and Teri's adorable, troublemaking little brother. And through it all, she's still waiting to hear from the only college she has applied to: MIT. Kate's life is less and less under control-and then, something happens that blows it all apart, and forces her to examine her life, self, and heart for the first time. Set in the same community as the remarkable Speak, Catalyst is a novel that will make you think, laugh, cry, and rejoice-sometimes at the same time.
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Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson

in the book Catalyst "The tipping point" in its literal sense is a small series of events that lead to a larger one but it can also mean when someone is at the brink of anger

TheMrsShaw The LITERAL (denotative) meaning has to do with something that is balanced until more weight is added and then it tips. That's the meaning of the tipping point. 2y
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NotLiketheRoad
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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Aims42 I‘m sensing a theme... lol I loved ‘Little Fires Everywhere‘!! Happy reading!! 5y
Djspens Nice pile! 5y
Silvertongue Omg so many Tana French!!! Such a good haul! 👏🏻📚 5y
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mcipher Tana French!! Love her books!! ❤️❤️ 5y
NotLiketheRoad @Silvertongue @mcipher I have never read her. Someone said I would love them and they were super cheap on ThriftBooks. I‘m glad my tax refund is going to good books 😂 5y
mcipher I hope you love them! The Likeness is my fave. 😊 5y
dragondrool Catalyst is great. 5y
RvnclawWhovian Hello fellow Ravenclaw and murderino 💙🦅 5y
ShyBookOwl I keep hearing about Tana French... I need to get on this! 5y
wordzie 🙌 😎 5y
MargaretPinardAuthor Is that an online haul?? Nice picks! 👍🏼 5y
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BookishGirl06
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I really appreciated this book for being able to hit me with feels I didn‘t see coming at all. Maybe since I read the authors other work, it shouldn‘t have been a huge shocker when tragedy struck but it still felt out of the blue.

BookishGirl06 I also liked the small reference to the tagged book making it come chronologically after that one 5y
dragondrool I absolutely love this book. 5y
Cathythoughts Amazing cover ❤️👍🏻 5y
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BookishGirl06
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Death happens when you least expect it 😢🥺

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BookishGirl06
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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Just started this book

ravenlee The placement of the library tag makes this look more like Speak. 5y
BookishGirl06 @ravenlee kind of. This is by the same author actually 5y
ravenlee I know - that‘s why I thought it was a weird coincidence. 5y
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JacintaMCarter
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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Twelve years ago, this was the first book that started my obsession with Laurie Halse Anderson's novels. #TBTReads

Eggs ❤️❤️❤️L H A 6y
ChrysFey For me, it was Speak. Then I devoured many of her other books. She‘s one of my favorite authors. 😄 6y
TieDyeDude She came to speak at my school when I was in middle school. I had an autographed copy of Speak, but I lost track of it a while ago. 6y
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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Picked this up from one of the coolest Free Little Libraries I've ever seen today. Hoping that I can finish and return it by the end of the conference so I don't have to carry it back with me.

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pocketmermaid
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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The lower portion of my children's/MG/YA stack.

GeekGrl82 Tha Haddix series is interesting. 7y
Clare-Dragonfly Howl's Moving Castle! 😍 7y
readinginthedark I remember Catalyst being really good. Laurie Halse Anderson writes some amazing books. 7y
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Chasing_Pages
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Back at it this morning with my favorite blanket and mug! Winter theme! But that's ok because I keep it at winter conditions in my house during summer anyway. Asthma problems. Hoping to surpass my personal goal of 12 hours! #24in48

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Chasing_Pages
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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I had to mix it up with a YA book for right now then onto the next mystery. There was a whole bag of sugar snap peas but I ate most of them before seeing this hours check in. #24in48 #snacks

I also discovered that I won a prize for hour 18. So excited!! I never win anything!!

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Megabooks
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I'm reading this book about a chemistry-loving high school senior. I had a bit of insomnia, but overall got a good night's sleep. Happy reading everyone!! 🎉📚🎉📚🎉 #24in48

LitHousewife Enjoy your #24in48! 7y
Lizpixie Good luck 🍀👍 7y
Megabooks @LitHousewife Thanks! 😃👍🏻 7y
Megabooks @Lizpixie I'm enjoying your posts! Good luck to you too! 7y
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Eggs
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"The rate of a chemical reaction depends on the frequency and force of collisions between molecules."

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slategreyskies
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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I flew through this book. I thought I had it figured out, and then it twisted and turned. It didn't end at all as I was expecting. I didn't think I'd cry, but I did.

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slategreyskies
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My evening looks like this.

DebinHawaii Perfect! 📚👍 7y
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Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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My library had a book sale tonight, and I picked up this book for 25 cents! So excited I'm sitting in my car in the library parking lot posting a pic of it! :)

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HiddenGemBooks
Catalyst | Laurie Halse Anderson
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Kate Malone is a straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend, unwilling family caretaker, and emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it as logically as the periodic table. She can handle it all—or so she thinks. Then, things change as suddenly as a string of chemical reaction

Absolutely loved this. The standard teen fear and hope for the future, is 👍
🌟🌟🌟🌟4/5.

Pamtherunner I read this a while back because I loved "speak!" I'll have to find it to read again! 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 I loved Speak and need to read this one! Thanks! 8y
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