John, the 14-year-old narrator of Klass's (Screen Test; Danger Zone) well-conceived novel, deals with not only universal teenage problems (escaping his algebra teacher's questions, working up the nerve to ask out his dream girl, whom he...
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David Klass, Author . HarperTempest $6.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-447378-1
The 14-year-old narrator describes the physical and emotional abuse he experiences from his mother's boyfriend in this "well-conceived novel," said PW. "The hero's underlying sense of isolation and thread of hope will strike a...
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David Klass, Author . FSG/Foster $18 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-39963-4
Klass (You Don't Know Me) throws a lot at his protagonist, Joe, a suburban New Jersey high school senior who is captain of his school's losing soccer team, the Braves. While Joe is sympathetic, the unclear trajectory of the narrative and...
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David Klass, Author . FSG/Foster $17 (311p) ISBN 978-0-374-39950-4
When Jeff's older brother—a convicted murderer—is unexpectedly pardoned from his life sentence, he comes to live with his family in a small New Jersey town. Jeff is suspicious of his brother from the beginning, even though Troy seems
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David Klass, Author . FSG/Foster $17 (289p) ISBN 978-0-374-32307-3
This gripping first novel in the Caretaker Trilogy introduces high school senior Jack Danielson: "You want pace? I'll give you pace. You want weird? Stick around, my friend." Klass (Dark Angel
), through his hyperintelligent,...
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David Klass, Author . FSG/Foster $16.99 (227p) ISBN 978-0-374-39951-1
When an alien snail named Ketchvar III takes over 14-year-old Tom Filber's body, he tends to agree with Galactic Confederation ethicists that “we owe it to weak and vulnerable Homo sapiens to euthanize the species” before humans...
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David Klass, Author Scholastic $16.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-590-48592-0
In this ponderous tale, the alluring spark of Hollywood is nearly extinguished. When her performance in a student film catches the eye of a big-shot producer, 16-year-old Liz is whisked from her suburban New Jersey home to Los Angeles to star in a...
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David Klass, Author Dutton Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-525-67268-5
After baseball ( A Different Season ) and soccer ( Breakaway Run ), Klass has turned to wrestling. Ron, the self-proclaimed ``straightest guy'' in his high school, feels his civil rights are being threatened when he has to take a drug test in order...
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David Klass, Author Scholastic $14.95 (200p) ISBN 978-0-590-46688-2
In this beautifully rendered novel, Klass ( Wrestling with Honor ; A Different Season ) transforms an abstract environmental issue into a compelling story of a boy in transition from adolescence to adulthood. The book owes some of its success to how
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David Klass. FSG/Foster, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-374-32771-2
Like Searching for Bobby Fischer, this novel about competitive chess encapsulates the intensity of the game and the players who become obsessed with it. After joining the chess club at his private school, freshman Daniel Pratzer is surprised when...
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David Klass. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-30136-1
There is a lot to enjoy in this story of a soccer team of self-declared “losers” who band together after their new principal rules that all seniors must play a sport. First, there is captain Jack Logan, who narrates with heart and humor as he is...
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David Klass. Dutton, $27 (372p) ISBN 978-1-5247-4616-2
This entertaining if predictable thriller from YA author Klass (Losers Take All) pits FBI data analyst Tom Smith against Green Man, an eco-terrorist (or heroic environmental activist, depending on one’s perspective) who has targeted industries and...
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David and Perri Klass. FSG/Foster, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-374-37996-4
The format occasionally gets in the way of the story in the Klass siblings’ message novel about the risks of head injuries to football players. School sports reporter Carla Jenson has come up with a brilliant idea: recruit star quarterback (and...
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