{"title":"David Klass","description":"David Klass is the author of many young adult novels, including You Don't Know Me, Losers Take All, and Grandmaster. He is also a Hollywood screenwriter, having written more than twenty-five action screenplays, including Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd; Walking Tall, starring The Rock; and Desperate Measures, starring Michael Keaton and Andy Garcia.","products":[{"product_id":"firestorm-paperback-1","title":"Firestorm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis 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. 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And what comes next when everything you have ever known turns out to be wrong? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirestorm\" is a gripping tale of the relentless and unnecessary harm we humans have done to our earth, and a reminder that there is still hope for our planet if each person stands up and acts in its defense before it is too late. This is a book every environmentally conscious school science program should make required reading.\" --Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International \u003cbr\u003e \"\"Firestorm\" combines heart-pounding action, dark fantasy, and a timely environmental message. David Klass knows how to keep the pages turning. Once you've spent time with his high-school-aged hero, Jack Danielson, you'll be waiting anxiously for the rest of the trilogy.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Rick Riordan, author of \"The Lightning Thief\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\u003cbr\u003e\"Fearless and clever, this book boasts full-throttle action from the first page to the last.\"\u003cbr\u003e--David Marusek, author of \"Counting Heads\"\u003cbr\u003e\" \"\" \"\u003cbr\u003e\"Klass has scored a hat trick with \"Firestorm\"--incredibly original, vitally important, and one hell of a ride.\"\u003cbr\u003e--David Baldacci, author of \"The Camel Club\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50215010468063,"sku":"9780312380182","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/U0dxY2J6L2Z0UndTV3h6S0pNRjRqdz09.webp?v=1781837832"},{"product_id":"timelock-paperback","title":"Timelock - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTimelock, the\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Danielson has spent the last year saving the oceans and the Amazon, attempting to fulfill a prophecy that was written before his birth. 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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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50216470970591,"sku":"9780312608637","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eDJENWE4SmNPdkpGM2NLVGhYRDEyQT09.webp?v=1781841647"},{"product_id":"whirlwind-the-caretaker-trilogy-book-2-paperback","title":"Whirlwind: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirestorm\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Jack has come home to see P.J., his girlfriend and sole remaining touchstone. 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