Catalyst+(CP2+summer+reading)


 * Plot

Characters Kate Malone Terri Litch - Kate's neighbor who is the same age as Kate. Their house burns down and Terri and her little brother move into Kate's house. Mitch- Kate's boyfriend Mikey- Terri's son. Her father raped her before he went to jail, and she got Mikey. You know that he's her son because while she olds him after he dies, she calls him her little boy.

Themes- One theme of this book is how pressured kids are to succeed. All Kate could think about is how she had to get into M.I.T.

Catalyst Conflicts - Terri Litch and her little brother moves in with Kate after their house burns down. Terri and Kate are not good friends in fact Kate doesn't really like Terri and now they have to live together. Kate also doesn't get into M.I.T., so she pretends to be her mother because she wants to get into the school so bad. They tell her that she didnt do enough to get into the school, that she had to do something great that makes her stand out compared to everyone else.

Kate's Inner Conflicts:

Father's Inner Conflicts

Motives- Getting into M.I.T**