Kate in Waiting Summary
Becky Albertalli

Kate in Waiting Overview

Kate in Waiting, by Becky Albertalli, is a first person account of what happens when you and your best friend share a crush. The setting of this novel is Roswell, Georgia, a town comprised of a patchwork of old and new developments and a hodgepodge of opposing cliques. Narrated by 17-year-old Kate Garfield, this breezy love story tackles themes such as the contrast between fiction and reality, teen angst, and toxic masculinity.