David Klass

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David Klass is the author of many young adult novels, including You Don’t Know Me, Dark Angel, and Firestorm (The Caretaker Trilogy). 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 wo...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 4,774 ratings · 819 reviews · 26 distinct works

	You Don't Know Me 3.83 avg rating — 2,758 ratings — published 1970 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 3.63 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Stuck on Earth 3.47 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dark Angel 3.87 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Whirlwind: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 2 3.81 avg rating — 161 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	California Blue 3.38 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Home of the Braves 3.82 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Timelock: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 3 3.90 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Danger Zone 3.78 avg rating — 74 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Screen Test 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1997	My rating:

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The Caretaker Trilogy (3 books)
by David Klass

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“You may have created my past and screwed up my present, but you have no control over my future.”
― David Klass

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“The good news is that you may have created my past and screwed up my present, but you havce no control over my future. You don't know me at all.”
― David Klass, You Don't Know Me

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“I don't play the tuba. The tuba plays me. My tuba is not actually a tuba, because it has never produced a musical sound. It is actually a giant frog pretending to be a tuba.”
― David Klass, You Don't Know Me

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