The Catalogue of the Universe is a teenage fiction book written by Margaret Mahy. It was first published in 1985 by J.M Dent & Sons.
The book follows the evolving relationship between two teenagers: Nerdy intellectual Tycho Potter and high school princess Angela May, who despite their differences are best friends. The plot centers around Tycho's observation that things which look as though they "ought" to be simple and symmetric really have a "wo...
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The Catalogue of the Universe is a teenage fiction book written by Margaret Mahy. It was first published in 1985 by J.M Dent & Sons.
The book follows the evolving relationship between two teenagers: Nerdy intellectual Tycho Potter and high school princess Angela May, who despite their differences are best friends. The plot centers around Tycho's observation that things which look as though they "ought" to be simple and symmetric really have a "wobble" to them. This is poignantly demonstrated when Angela's romantic dreams about her father (whom she never knew) are shattered when she actually meets him.
The book won the Phoenix Award in 2005.
Angela May wakes in her bedroom to find her mother, Dido, in the garden trimming the grass using a scythe. Angela calls out to her mother and asks her to share the story of how she and her father met, and her subsequent birth. Dido shares the story of how she was in love with a married man, and he with her, but he could not leave his family....
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