Themes+Catalyst

Through out the book, Kate starts to change in many ways. She starts to pull away from her family and friends as the story progresses and moves closer to Terri instead. Kate absolutely hates Terri and doesn't want to have anything to do with her in the beginning and things just seem to get a lot worse when the fire hits and the Litch's have to stay at their house. As Kate starts to spend more and more time with Terri, things seem to start getting better but as soon as Mikey gets electrocuted and killed, things take a bad turn. So the two girls go their different ways but Kate somehow can't get over the fact that she needs to help Terri and will do whatever it takes to help her. Kate gets annoyed with her boyfriend and friends and instead goes after Terri to help her rebuild the house that was burnt down. Terri changed Kate's perspective on life and many other things.
 * Influence of Characters.**

Themes.
 * Dealing with death- Mikey died from putting his fire truck in the outlet. Also, Kate's mother died.
 * Not being accepted into your dream school.- Kate Malone was denied from MIT. This was the college her mother had attended.
 * How to deal with people you don't get along with- Kate Malone tried to ignore Terri but in the end they became friends.
 * Being responsible- Terry had to take care of Mikey - who was actually her son.
 * Taking care of your family and yourself.
 * Not judging a book by its cover - Kate Malone judged Terri before she knew her story
 * If you are nice, eventually it will come back to you. What goes around, comes around or karma.