An abundance of katherines asks us to think about what happens when you grow up and your life isnt the way you thought it would be, which is a pretty darn relatable scenario whether youre a prodigy or not. Printz award the novel includes an appendix by daniel biss, a close friend of green, that explains some of the more complex equations used by the main character, colin singleton. Perhaps this is why john greens novel about a whiz kid with a knack for anagramming hit home for so many of us, winning the 2007 michael. An abundance of katherines is a young adult novel by john green. Colin singleton, a former child prodigy, is struggling to find a eureka moment in his life to finally prove his genius. Released in 2006, it was a finalist for the michael l. John was selected by time magazine as one of the 100 most. Katherine v thought boys were grosskatherine x just. An abundance of katherines is the story of colin singleton, former child prodigy who loves anagrams and has been dumped 19 times by girls called katherines. An abundance of katherines by john green goodreads. The comingofage rebellion at the heart of an abundance of katherines also echoes j. Parents need to know that an abundance of katherines is a quirky novel by john green the fault in our stars about teen boys who take a road trip to tennessee, where they get jobs recording the locals oral histories in the town of gutshot. In the wake of the k19 debacle, colinan anagramobsessed washedup child prodigyheads out on a road trip with his overweight, judge judy loving friend hassan. Theres strong language including st, ass, damn, bastard and various euphemisms for the male organ and references to sex, orgasms, and oral sex.
An abundance of katherines door john green door gebruik te maken van of door hieronder op akkoord te klikken, ga je akkoord met onze gebruiksvoorwaarden en geef je toestemming voor het gebruik van cookies. Colin begins to develop a theorem, the theorem of underlying katherine predictability which he. An abundance of katherines follows colin singleton, a prodigy with an obsession for anagramming. Okay, maybe a little but that was more like snortinginmildamusement tha 2. It was also named one of the books of the year by booklist, horn book, and kirkus. The an abundance of katherines community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and. Were dating the guy or gal of our dreams when suddenly, out of nowhere, we get dumped, leaving us heartbroken, angry, confused, and totally lonely.
Salingers the catcher in the rye, although green is conscious of the way in which colin, as an incredibly smart teenager, also recalls the children in another j. An abundance of katherines is eigenlijk een boek over nerds. This isnt the first time this has happened to our main man colin. Boekverslag engels an abundance of katherines door john green door een scholier 5e klas vwo 19 januari 2017 7,4.
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