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His mother is not his mother. His father is not his father. But if Jack hadn''t broken the high school rushing record that night, he never would have known and nothing would have changed. He''d just be going out for pizza, playing football, trying yet again to score with his girlfriend, P.J. But he did break the record. He appeared on the news. And now they''ve found him. Jack plunges into a space-time–bending game of survival with no way out. The rules are shrouded in secrets. But one thing he learns fast: Trust no one. After centuries of abuse, the earth is dying, and it''s up to Jack to reverse the decline before the Turning Point, when nothing will ever be the same again. Beaten into shape by a ninja babe and a huge telepathic man''s best friend, Jack hurtles across the ocean to save the future from the present and to solve the mystery of his purpose. Exactly who, or what, is Firestorm, and what does it have to do with Jack? And what comes next when everything you have ever known turns out to be wrong? In the first book of the Caretaker Trilogy, readers are taken on an electrifying, fast-paced adventure of hunting truth, all in the name of staying alive.

Moving, wholly involving, original, and emotionally true, You Don''t Know Me is a multilayered young adult novel that presents a winning portrait of an understandably angst-ridden adolescent. John ("My father named me after a toilet!") wrestles with the certainty that no one really knows him -- not in his miserable home, and certainly not at school. It''s true that no one can guess his hidden thoughts, which are hilarious, razor-sharp observations about lust, love, tubas, algebra, everything. And then there''s his home: his father ran off years ago, so he''s being raised by his mother, who works long hours, and by her boyfriend, whom John calls "the man who is not and never will be my father." This man is his enemy, an abusive disciplinarian who seems to want to kill John and, in a horrible final confrontation, nearly succeeds.

In Firestorm, the first book of the Caretaker Trilogy, seventeen-year-old Jack Danielson saved the world''s oceans, but at great personal cost -- his parents were killed and everything he knew and believed in was turned upside down. Now Jack has come home to see P.J., his girlfriend and sole remaining touchstone. But she''s missing, and blame falls on Jack. On the run with Gisco, his crafty canine sidekick, Jack is literally caught up in a whirlwind as he travels to the heart of darkness to rescue P.J. -- a journey that will bring him face-to-face with the father of his old nemesis, the colonel, aka the Dark Lord from the future. Jack''s quest becomes all the more complicated as he discovers that the only person who can stop the Dark Lord is another time traveler, the wizard Kidah, who has disappeared in the present. Book 2 of the Caretaker Trilogy mixes heart-racing adventure with an urgent ecological warning about the fragility of the world''s rain forests and the importance of respect for indigenous peoples. Readers will be drawn into the vortex of the quest -- whether or not they''re familiar with Book 1.

Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.

When Jerry Downing, star quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after his drunk driving had serious consequences, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.

In this explosive thriller, a fiendishly clever serial bomber and self-styled "eco-terrorist" hits targets across America--and a conflicted young FBI agent may be the only person possessing the unique skills needed to catch him. “A provocative, important, and very thrilling novel. I loved it. I savored the pages.” —James Patterson “A gripping, complex and heart-wrenching story that is as provocative as it is thrilling. Klass can weave a tale like few others.” —David Baldacci A massive FBI manhunt is underway for an elusive and terrifyingly adept serial bomber. He''s just struck his sixth target, Idaho''s Boon Dam, killing a dozen innocent people. But the bomber, who the press has dubbed "Green Man," insists these drastic acts of violence--each one carefully selected to destroy a target that threatens the environment--are necessary to draw the world''s attention to the climate-change emergency. The FBI has no real leads. It''s as if Green Man can predict every step of their investigation, skillfully evading all their standard tactics. Until young agent Tom Smith approaches the task-force leader with an unexpected insight. Tom, a computer programmer by training, may be the only person with the unique skill set needed to catch Green Man before he strikes again....

Jeff thought he would never again have to deal with his older brother, a convicted murderer. After six years, Troy''s sentence is overturned, and he returns to a family deeply divided about having him home in this gripping novel about good and evil and family.

Ketchvar III''s mission is simple: travel to Planet Earth, inhabit the body of an average teenager, and determine if the human race should be annihilated. And so Ketchvar—who, to human eyes, looks just like a common snail—crawls into the brain of one Tom Filber and attempts to do his analysis. At first glance, Tom appears to be the perfect specimen—fourteen years old, good health, above average intelligence. But it soon becomes apparent that Tom Filber may be a little too average—gawky, awkward, and utterly abhorred by his peers. An alien within an alien''s skin, Ketchvar quickly finds himself wrapped up in the daily drama of teenage life—infuriating family members, raging bullies, and undeniably beautiful next-door neighbors. And the more entangled Ketchvar becomes, the harder it is to answer the question he was sent to Earth to resolve: Should the Sandovinians release the Gagnerian Death Ray and erase the human species for good? Or is it possible that Homo sapiens really are worth saving? Wickedly wry and hysterically skewed, David Klass''s take on teen life on our fabulously flawed Planet Earth is an engrossing look at true friends, truer enemies, and awkward alien first kisses. Stuck on Earth is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.

In this table-turning novel about the thrill of defeat and the agony of victory, the new rule at Jack Logan''s sports-crazy New Jersey high school is that all kids must play on a team. So Jack and a ragtag group of anti-athletic friends decide to get even. They are going to start a rebel JV soccer team whose mission is to avoid victory at any cost, setting out to secretly undermine the jock culture of the school. But as the team''s losing formula becomes increasingly successful at attracting fans and attention, Jack and his teammates are winning in ways they never expected-and don''t know how to handle.

In Timelock, the thrilling finale to the Caretaker Trilogy, the end of life as we know it has arrived, and history will be made -- or lost -- at the hands of one young hero. Jack Danielson has spent the last year saving the oceans and the Amazon, attempting to fulfill a prophecy that was written before his birth. Now he''s more than ready to get back to life as a typical teenager and spend some quality time with his girlfriend, P.J. Too bad the world has other plans. Wrenched away once more from those he knows and loves, Jack is thrust through time to the fiery deserts of the future and the frozen tundra of the Arctic, battling cyborgs, zombie warlocks, and scorpions the size of tanks. At least he has Gisco -- everyone''s favorite surly telepathic canine -- to keep him company, not to mention the Ninja Babe, Eko. And he will finally be reunited with the parents who abandoned him so long ago, in order that he might save their dying planet. But it isn''t only a race to save Earth. As the clock ticks down before the final confrontation with the dreaded Dark Lord, Jack must decide once and for all who he really is -- prince of the future or humble human of the present -- and choose between the two women who love him.

When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict.

"A father-son chess tournament reveals the dark side of the game"--

Champion high school wrestler Ron Woods faces a soul-searching season when he refuses to retake a mandatory drug test he has failed. This decision affects every area of his life, including his feelings about his father, who died in Vietnam, and his first tentative romance.

Seventeen-year-old Tony, a soccer player whose parents are divorcing, goes to Atami, Japan, to spend four-and-a-half months with a Japanese family.

Seit Monaten fahndet das FBI erfolglos nach einem Terroristen. Die Zahl der Todesopfer steigt, doch der Mörder, der nur als »Green Man« bekannt ist, entkommt ein ums andere Mal. Jeder Angriff ist strategisch geplant, um ein Ziel zu zerstören, das die Umwelt bedroht. Und mit jedem Anschlag wächst die Schar seiner Anhänger. Tom Smith, ein junger, unerfahrener Datenanalyst beim FBI, glaubt etwas entdeckt zu haben, das alle anderen übersehen haben. Doch als er sich Amerikas gefährlichstem Mann nähert, muss er sich die Frage stellen: Was, wenn der Mann, den er um jeden Preis aufhalten will, in Wahrheit versucht, die Welt zu retten?

"Um livro potente que joga luz sobre a bomba-relógio que é a mudança climática." — Star Tribune “Um thriller de alta qualidade. Klass incorpora pontos de vista que se alternam e protagonistas profundos e bem desenvolvidos.” — The Wall Street Journal “Uma perseguição de gato e rato escrita por um roteirista veterano de Hollywood. A trama é impecável.” — The Times Neste suspense explosivo, um ecoterrorista orquestra um ataque atrás do outro e nada parece capaz de detê-lo Depois de seu sexto ataque e mais de quarenta pessoas mortas, o criminoso conhecido como Homem Verde continua sendo celebrado pelos ambientalistas e temido pelo FBI. Ele sabe que a qualquer momento cometerá um erro e será capturado, mas ainda não pode parar. Seus ataques contra alvos que ameaçam o meio ambiente são necessários para chamar a atenção do mundo para a emergência da mudança climática. Enquanto ele planeja o próximo grande atentado, seu gran finale, os 300 homens da força-tarefa do FBI continuam sem nenhuma pista. Até que Tom Smith, um jovem analista de dados, se junta à caçada com uma proposta de investigação nada ortodoxa, que logo se torna a única esperança de neutralizá-lo. Estado de alerta é um livro eletrizante e cheio de nuances, com personagens imperfeitos e cativantes. David Klass, que além de escritor é roteirista de Hollywood, construiu uma narrativa em que as forças opostas se sobrepõem o tempo todo e que nos faz torcer a cada momento para um lado até o desfecho cinematográfico.

Ein atemberaubend spannender Roman, in dem Daniel, ein junger Schachspieler, sorgsam gehütete, dunkle Geheimnisse seines Vaters erfährt. Die Entdeckungen, die er bei dem entscheidenden Turnier macht, bleiben auch für ihn nicht folgenlos. Er bemerkt einige überraschende Züge an sich selbst. Ist er vielleicht gar nicht der Verlierertyp, für den ihn bisher seine Kameraden gehalten haben und in dessen Rolle er sich selbst fühlt? Auch seinen Vater sieht Daniel auf einmal mit anderen Augen an. Und am Schachbrett sitzt ihm plötzlich kein männlicher Kontrahent gegenüber, sondern ein selbstbewusstes, spontanes Mädchen namens Liu ...

Fourteen-year-old John creates alternative realities in his mind as he tries to deal with his mother''s abusive boyfriend, his crush on a beautiful, but shallow classmate and other problems at school.

John, le personnage principal de ce roman, annonce la couleur. Et il n''épargne personne : surtout pas l''homme " qu''est pas son père ", qui n''hésite pas à le frapper; surtout pas Mrs. Moonface et les autres professeurs de son " anti-école " sur lesquels il jette un regard caustique ; surtout pas une mère absente et épuisée par la vie à qui il s''adresse pourtant tout au long de ce récit. Mais il ne s''agit pas pour autant d''un règlement de comptes... Ouvrir Tu ne me connais pas, c''est entendre résonner à son oreille la voix de John, fière et forte. C''est apprendre à le connaître, découvrir sa réalité brutale et troublante. Face à des situations qui en laisseraient plus d''un sur le tapis, John s''avère plein de ressources. Il démonte avec lucidité le monde qui l''entoure, le rendant plus supportable. Ou comment transformer un ennuyeux cours de tuba en une rencontre avec un crapaud géant se prenant pour un instrument ; comment faire en sorte que l''humour et l''autodérision prennent en permanence le pas sur la difficulté à vivre...