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Summary Of The Book 'An Abundance Of Katherines'
Amy Tanushi
8/18/16

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In the book “An Abundance Of Katherines" by John Green I found that the most intriguing character was Lindsey Lee Wells. In the book Colin Singleton had only dated girls named Katherine and he had dated nineteen of them. Colin is the main character of the book and he is a prodigy. A prodigy is a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities. At the beginning of the story colin breaks up with his nineteenth Katherine and, is very heartbroken. Since he is so heartbroken his best friend Hassan has a idea that they should go on a road trip. During the road trip Colin and Hassan make a stop in a town called Gutshot, Texas. They go inside of a general store that Lindsey worked at. After meeting Lindsey and talking with her a while Colin and Hassan decide that they would stay in Gutshot for a while. They stay in Gutshot because they
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I found that throughout the book she had many sides to her. Since Colin and Hassan had gotten jobs in Gutshot they stayed with Lindsey an her mother Hollis. Colin, Hassan and Lindsey were assigned a job by Lindsey’s mom to go interview the Senior Citizens of the town referred to as the “oldsters.” Colin had mentioned that while interviewing the oldsters that Lindsey had a Southern accent around them and that she acted different. In the book Lindsey also acted different around her friends and boyfriend who was also named Colin. Around Colin and Hassan she was was a very nice and sweet person. But around her friends she acted very rebellious. For example Colin, Hassan and Lindsey were assigned a job and Lindsey decided to blow it off to go hand out with her boyfriend Colin. But Lindsey later breaks up with her boyfriend because he cheats on her with her best friend Katrina. I found that she was very interesting because I got to see the different sides of

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