Colin Singleton, a child prodigy and recent high school graduate, agrees to go on a road trip with his lazy friend Hassan, in an attempt to starting the healing process from Colin's most recent relationship trouble, being dumped by the nineteenth Katherine he has dated. They wind up in Gutshot, Tennessee where Colin and Hassan both engage in activities outside their comfort zones. The two change for the better in the end: Hassan decides to enroll in college and Colin dates a non-Katherine.
Last year were a group of very mature sixth grade girls decided to read An Abundance of Katherines. I think given the other literature they consumed last year, that this book was certainly appropriate for them. For most kids, I would say eighth grade and up would be the ideal age range that should read this. I also think that although girls may gravitate towards it, boys would enjoy this too. A male perspective on the complexity of relationships would prove helpful to boys who probably never bother to ponder the subject. Colin and Hassan's ability to just be friends with females at the beginning of the book demonstrates Havighurst's developmental task regarding easy relationships with the opposite sex. Although both of them fail at this in time, Hassan incredulously seems to be able to bounce right back into friend mode once he is double crossed by his love interest, which I think can be attributed to his carefree attitude towards life.
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