David Klass
1) Firestorm
Author
Series
Caretaker trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.
4) Dark angel
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
When his older brother is released from prison, seventeen-year-old Jeff's family secret is revealed, causing upheaval in his home, school and love life.
6) Grandmaster
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Invited to a parent-child weekend chess tournament, freshman Daniel discovers that his father was once one of the country's leading young players but that the intense competition surrounding the game proved to be unhealthy, a past they are forced to confront when they meet a former rival.
7) Danger Zone
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When he joins a predominantly black "Teen Dream Team" that will be representing the United States in an international basketball tournament in Rome, Jimmy Doyle makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism, and politics.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"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 with the unique skills needed to catch him. A massive FBI manhunt is underway for an elusive and terrifyingly efficient serial bomber. He's just struck his sixth target, Idaho's Boone Dam, killing a dozen innocent people. But the bomber, who calls himself "Green Man,"...
13) Emperor
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshipped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.
14) Kiss the Girls
Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
The lone escapee of a serial kidnapper is determined to rescue the fellow captives she left behind in this race-against-time suspense.
Series
Pub. Date
c2002, c2001
Description
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous dictator. Today, November 25 is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.