New Releases by David Klass

“Mr. Klass, an experienced screenwriter, incorporates shifting points of view and a score of diverse characters with well-developed backstories. His top-notch thriller builds toward a fateful showdown.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] compelling cat-and-mouse chase by [a] veteran Hollywood scriptwriter.”—The Times (London), “Thriller of the Month” In this critically acclaimed thriller, a fiendishly clever serial bomber and self-styled ecoterrorist hits targets across America—and a conflicted young FBI agent may be the only person possessing the unique skills needed to catch him. 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 calls himself “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 taskforce leader with an unexpected insight. Tom, a computer programmer by training, may be the only person with the skill set needed to catch Green Man before he strikes again. . . .

The author has been a psychiatrist and database developer as professions. He has also been a lover and student of ideas within philosophy, mathematics, physics, poetry and certain strains of mysticism. These poems all are infused with these ideas, passionately and lovingly studied for years and mixed with music that always accompanied the studies.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 thrilling finale to the Caretaker Trilogy, the end of life as it is known has arrived, and history will be made--or lost--at the hands of one young hero.

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.

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.

His mother is not his mother; his father is not his father. If Jack hadn''t broken the high school rushing record that night, he never would have known and nothing would have changed. 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.

A taut psychological thriller for teens Seventeen-year-old Jeff thought he would never again have to deal with his older brother, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. But after six years, Troy''s sentence has been overturned on a technicality and he is released from prison. He returns to a family deeply divided about having him back home. Jeff can''t forget how his life was disrupted by his brother, how his family had to move to another state and start over. Still, his parents believe things will be different now. But Troy''s return makes a mess of Jeff ''s life – at home, at school, and with his girlfriend. When Jeff ''s rival on the soccer field turns up missing, Jeff suspects Troy is involved, and he sets out to prove it. But nothing could prepare Jeff for what happens as he gets closer to the truth. With unexpected flashes of humor, David Klass once again gives readers a gripping, multilayered novel about good and evil and the powerful bonds of family. Dark Angel is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.

Joe befindet sich im Abschlussjahr der Highschool. Mangelnde schulische Leistungen gleicht er durch sportliche Erfolge aus. Doch als Antonio, ein brasilianischer Fussballstar, ihm seinen Rang als Mannschaftskapitän streitig macht, droht die Situation zu eskalieren. Ab 14.

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.

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.

As the only white basketball player on the American "Dream Team," Jimmy Doyle makes some discoveries about racism, prejudice, and politics when the team plays in an international tournament. Reprint.

High-school senior Liz Wheaton lands a big movie role and discovers the glamour and darker side of Hollywood, where everyone she meets is playing a part. By the author of California Blue and Danger Zone.

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.

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.

High school baseball star Jim Roark is delighted to meet Jennifer Douglas, the second basewoman on the girls'' softball team, until she becomes the first female player on his all-male team.

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.

After the death of Jerry''s mother, his father takes the family to Japan for a summer, where Jerry suffers from boredom and loneliness until he discovers the local high school baseball team.