Catalyst (novel)

Catalyst is a 2002 novel by American writer Laurie Halse Anderson, published September 2002 by Viking Press.

Catalyst
First edition cover
AuthorLaurie Halse Anderson
Cover artistMichael Morgenstern
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult novel
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
September 2002
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages233 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-670-03566-1 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC49821813
LC ClassPZ7.A54385 Cat 2002
Preceded bySpeak 

The book tells the story of Kate Malone, a preacher's daughter and high school student who is excellent in chemistry and aspires to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but faces multiple tragic circumstances, ranging from rejection by MIT, to her neighbor Teri Litch's house burning down at the end of her senior year. The book is set in the same fictional setting as Anderson's previous novel Speak.

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