Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
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This book deals with the pressure that is put on adolescents during their senior year. Anderson describes the different pressures that are put on teens, such as applying to colleges and getting good grades. It also addresses the end of senior year when no one wants to do their work. Another issue that is brought up in the book is acceptance. It sends the message to teens that they shouldn't judge people before they get to know them.
Catalyst is about a girl named Kate. Kate is a senior in high school and is one of the last ones to recieve her acceptance letter from MIT, the only college she applied to. Kate never bothered to tell anyone else that she only applied to one school. When Kate finds out she didn' get in, she is faced with the pressure of having to tell her father and friends. Other unexpected things happen in Kate's life that seems to make her life spin out of control. At the end Kate learns a big life lesson.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It would be the perfect book for a junior or senior in high school.
Holly Bohlen
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