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{{quote|''Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.''|'''Colin'''}}
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Colin's [[Black Best Friend|Middle-Eastern Best Friend]], Hassan, talks him into going on a road trip to take his mind off the pain of losing yet another Katherine. They end up in a small town known as Gutshot, Tennessee, and quickly find themselves at the home of a woman who runs a textile factory which manufactures tampon strings (which is the main source of income for the town). She has a daughter named Lindsey, who is smart and funny and has "a smile that could stop wars and cure cancer," but (1) Colin is definitely not interested and (2) Lindsey already has a boyfriend (named Colin)
▲Colin's [[Black Best Friend|Middle-Eastern Best Friend]], Hassan, talks him into going on a road trip to take his mind off the pain of losing yet another Katherine. They end up in a small town known as Gutshot, Tennessee, and quickly find themselves at the home of a woman who runs a textile factory which manufactures tampon strings (which is the main source of income for the town). She has a daughter named Lindsey, who is smart and funny and has "a smile that could stop wars and cure cancer," but (1) Colin is definitely not interested and (2) Lindsey already has a boyfriend (named Colin).<ref>Colin is fond of numbered lists in the middle of sentences</ref> Colin and Hassan quickly become friends with Lindsey and start having all sorts of strange adventures.
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* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Colin, who has an excellent memory and can make connections in everything he reads. Socially, he is so challenged that Hassan needs to tell him when he's boring other people. He obsesses over the name "Katherine" in general and K-19 in particular for much of the book, indicating that he has trouble adjusting to new situations.
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* [[Coming of Age Story]]
* [[Fat and Proud]]: Hassan
* [[Footnote Fever]]: The book contains a large number of footnotes, usually containing strange-but-true facts that are irrelevant to the story
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: In order of appearance: ''sitzpinkler'' (German: wimp/a man who sits to pee), ''kafir'' (Arabic: infidel), ''merde'' (French: shit), and ''paardenlul'' (Dutch: horse's penis).
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: Sort of. Colin's "type" is "not physical but linguistic". He likes Katherines. No nicknames, alternative spellings.
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[[Category:Literature of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]
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