Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 - Hardcover

Klass, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374323070 ISBN 13: 9780374323073

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Firestorm 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
 
 "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." 
--Rick Riordan, author of The Lightning Thief
 
"Fearless and clever, this book boasts full-throttle action from the first page to the last."
--David Marusek, author of Counting Heads
  
"Klass has scored a hat trick with Firestorm--incredibly original, vitally important, and one hell of a ride."
--David Baldacci, author of The Camel Club

About the Author:

David Klass is the author of many young adult novels, including Dark Angel and You Don’t Know Me. 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. Klass grew up in a family that loved literature and theater—his parents were both college professors and writers—but he was a reluctant reader, preferring sports to books. But he started loving the adventure stories his parents would bring home from the library—particularly Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson and Alexandre Dumas. After his sister twice won a story contest in Seventeen magazine, Klass decided he would win it too, and when he was a senior in high school, he did, publishing his first story, “Ringtoss,” in the magazine. He studied at Yale University, where he won the Veech Award for Best Imaginative Writing. He taught English in Japan, and wrote his first novel, The Atami Dragons, about that experience. He now lives in New York with his wife and two small children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0374323070
• ISBN 13: 9780374323073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304