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Firestorm (The Caretaker Trilogy #1)

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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. Jac...more

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Published September 5th 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (first published January 1st 2006)

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May 11, 2008 Marya rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: tween boys

Shelves: teen-sci-fi

A teen boy with a suspiciously English teacher vocabulary sets off with his Hot Babe Mentor and trusty telepathic dog on a quest that would be canon fodder for an episode of Penn & Teller's BullShit.

Besides Jack (our hero) speaking in whole pages of fragments, he also quotes romantic poets to himself and introduces million dollar words saying "Look that one up later, friends." Just a typical 18 year old jock, right? The dog and the Hot Babe Mentor aren't any more fleshed out as characters, e...more A teen boy with a suspiciously English teacher vocabulary sets off with his Hot Babe Mentor and trusty telepathic dog on a quest that would be canon fodder for an episode of Penn & Teller's BullShit.

Besides Jack (our hero) speaking in whole pages of fragments, he also quotes romantic poets to himself and introduces million dollar words saying "Look that one up later, friends." Just a typical 18 year old jock, right? The dog and the Hot Babe Mentor aren't any more fleshed out as characters, either, which is why I recommend it to tween boys.

And then there is the plot. Jack is an eco warrior sent back in time to save the world from its unnatural use of science and technology. Got that? Cyborgs are bad technology (used only by the evil guys). Antigrav suits that let you fly are good technology (used by the good guys). Millions of years of humans genetically manipulating crops, domesticating animals, and creating technology to live better, healthier lives is unnatural. Women becoming shapeshifters and dogs becoming telepathic are natural (and I mentioned that both can with the aid of technology fly, right?).

This is where Penn & Teller would have a field day. The picture of pristine beauty of the stallion standing on the Outer Banks would not be possible without the direct interference of man. First of all, horses were domesticated to be built for humans, and secondly, they didn't exist in the Americas until the conquistadors brought them over. How is the development of the hero's telepathic dog any more natural than the development of the toy poodle? Does the author really think the toy poodle evolved that way to better cope with its environment?

As for technology, the author doesn't really point out what makes one good and another bad, other than who is using it. Why are cyborgs bad? What's so wrong with iron lungs, hip replacements, and the like? The antigrav suits the good guys use to fly around with weren't cooked up by hugging trees all day. What makes that technology good? Overall, a poor understanding of science and technology is shown, which dilutes the message of the book (well, and the ending where the deus ex machina saves the oceans without going into details).

If you want a nuanced look at characters and the impact of man on his environment in a young adult science fiction work, read the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. If you have a tween boy who needs to read lots of butt kickin', peacock struttin' adventure, pick up this one.(less)

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Mar 13, 2008 Britta rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio, young-adult, library, fiction

Jack is a football star/ace senior/poetry afficiando. He could excel even more if his parents didn't insist on him not drawing attention to himself. Turns out that his parents are not his parents at all, but rather guardians from the future sent back to protect him. Jack was born 1000 years from now and because of a prophesy, his father (in a way that is not explained) sent him back to find Firestorm (which no one knows anything about) to save the world from all of the destruction that human hav...more

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Dec 11, 2007 Lakedaemon rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, teen, hated-it

I usually read a book half-way through before tossing it aside as unreadable (for me). This one got my minimum rule of 50 pages before I couldn't stand it. The author's 'stylistic' use of incomplete sentences drove me crazy. It didn't matter he 'explained' and 'excused' it at the first of the book by the main character saying this is the way he thinks.

Ugh.

Please, tense and action filled passages can be created using whole and proper sentences. Really. I've seen it before and even read some.

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Oct 31, 2008 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who actually like the movies played on Mystery Science Theater 3,000.

Wow. I was expecting this book to get better with time, but the characters stayed two-dimensional and the sentence length stayed annoying. In fact, the only thing that changed was the plot, which only became more convoluted as the book dragged on. It was as if the writer suddenly realized how stupidly immature his book was being and decided to shove a lesson in conservation in there as a last-ditch effort to save the story. It didn't work.

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Jan 11, 2009 Delaina rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm on the fence about this one, really. I listened to the audio version, and I'm not sure if I'd have liked it better filtered entirely through my own mind, or not. The narrator warns us he's going to use a boat-load of sentence fragments, and he does. It took me until the third day of listening to get used to it and not be slightly irritated. The action is non-stop, and the secrets are not all revealed at once--and they're not always what you assume. But I'm also left wondering if Klass was de...more

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Jan 10, 2009 Cornmaven rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: middle-school

I didn't finish this book, mostly because I couldn't handle the fragmented sentence device anymore. But I thought the story was interesting and if a kid can deal with the fragments, he/she will stick with it. Lots of excitment and action, and continual tension - it reminded me a lot of the plot of the 2nd Terminator movie, with the hope for all civilization needing to be protected and saved from the bad guys.
I just wish Klass had used the sentence fragments in bursts and not throughout the whole...more

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Dec 20, 2008 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

_Firestorm_ is my initiation into the unfamiliar world of eco-fantasy, which I confess I liked much better than most straight-up fantasy or sticky-sweet ecologically concerned books.

Jack goes from a great football game and a night out with his girlfriend to being hunted by beings from another time and finding out that he is "the beacon of hope" from a future time, sent back for his own protection until he reached majority.

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May 03, 2013 Randyn Carter rated it 3 of 5 stars

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i gave this book 3 stars out of 5 because it was a little tricky to read, but i liked it.

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Jack lives with his parents in a normal town, where he excels in football and other sports as well as academics. For Jack life comes pretty easy, which is why he can never understand why his parents never want him to shine like he knows he can. They are always encouraging him to let others win and try to blend in more. One night after a particularly great football performance, he not...more Star Rating:

i gave this book 3 stars out of 5 because it was a little tricky to read, but i liked it.

Plot Summary:

Jack lives with his parents in a normal town, where he excels in football and other sports as well as academics. For Jack life comes pretty easy, which is why he can never understand why his parents never want him to shine like he knows he can. They are always encouraging him to let others win and try to blend in more. One night after a particularly great football performance, he notices a strange man following him. When he tells his parents his dad immediately takes him as far away as he can while explaining that they are not his real parents. He does not tell him why they have lied to him all these years or who his real parents are before they are ambushed and Jack is forced to flee for his life.As Jack tries to figure out why he is special and what his task is, he comes across many different types of characters. Some are more helpful than others at helping him find his destiny. He soon learns that he was sent back from the future in order to stop the world from making terrible environmental mistakes that humans will pay for dearly in the future. Those who come to help him tell him he must find the firestorm in order to preserve the earth from the evils of humans, but he has no idea what firestorm is and no matter how hard he tries there is always someone trying to hurt him.
The idea of a young man being chosen for something great without him knowing it has been used many times in young adult books, but the idea of Jack having to save the world from humans destroying it through different types of pollution is a new twist. Obviously, it’s hard to understand how he can possibly save the world from all humans, but it is obvious that this is one of a trilogy so he will have many battles to fight in order to save the earth. There is a lot of action and fighting sequences that fans of action movies will enjoy. Most of the story is well-described, but the ending happens pretty fast so readers will have to read very closely in order to find out how everything is resolved for the time being. The ending is a little unsatisfying, but part of that is probably due to the fact that there are two more in the series.

Characters:

Jack- adventurous, athletic, dynamic character.

Key Issues:

Survival, don't second guess yourself, no tuning back.

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I enjoyed this book because jack had to survive against people that were trying to kill him. i would recommend this to anyone who likes action books.
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Dec 20, 2012 Davey0131 rated it 3 of 5 stars

After I finished reading the Firestorm, I would say it was just okay. It was not as good as I thought.
I didn’t like the way that the writer wrote the dialogues. When Jack was talking was talking to the dog, Gisco, they talked telepathically. There were no quotation marks and the lines were like ‘Do you know what you’re doing, old bean?’ and then the next line ‘Don’t try to help me. They’ll shoot you’. Since there were no quotation marks, it was hard to know when they were talking to each other a...more

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Jan 07, 2011 Henley rated it 3 of 5 stars

I only picked up this book because I've read and enjoyed so many of David Klass's realistic fiction. Honestly, he seemed a little bit out of his element here, but it turned out okay. There are a few things I didn't like though. Like the whole "sentence fragment" thing where he writes the whole things in sentence fragments and calls it a character trait. That annoyed the heck out of me at first, but after a while I did get used to it and it was easier to read. He also constantly blurts out all of...more I only picked up this book because I've read and enjoyed so many of David Klass's realistic fiction. Honestly, he seemed a little bit out of his element here, but it turned out okay. There are a few things I didn't like though. Like the whole "sentence fragment" thing where he writes the whole things in sentence fragments and calls it a character trait. That annoyed the heck out of me at first, but after a while I did get used to it and it was easier to read. He also constantly blurts out all of these huge SAT words and although some people didn't like that I did. It was casual way of suggesting that we actually learn something from the book, so I did actually end up looking most of the words up.

The only thing I did have trouble ignoring was his lack of emotion. He felt betrayal, sorrow, and rage, but all throughout it he just seemed so nonchalant except for one scene where he was emotional for more than two seconds. Even when a huge thing happened to him (not gonna spoil it)he was just like "Ah well! I guess my whole world just ended, but I'll keep on going anyway!"

As for characters, they were okay. The ninja babe that they describe in the summary wasn't as terribly stereotypical as I thought she would be, she was actually a better character than Jack, but not my favorite. The only thing I wish was different was that he'd been more imaginative with his characters rather than formatting them to a specific group. Ninja, pirate, alien, jock, but he made up for it in other ways.

The plot was a good plot, but it seemed a little bit like a mix of the Terminator and the Day After Tomorrow (or one of those planetary death movies). Still, I think David Klass managed to pull it off in a way that would make me want to come back. Things were clear and precise, you know exactly what's happening at all times and it was a good break from decoding secret plots and other things. There were twists, but you had a good idea of them before they happened.

Overall, it was worth reading and I will pick up the next book, but I won't be in a hurry to do it.(less)

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May 05, 2010 Beck rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook, contemporary, future, science_fiction, teen-ya, suspense-thriller, x_trilogy

Oh my goodness, I really started to get annoyed at the lack of complete sentences and, more importantly, articles (e.g., "the")...particularly as sentence fragments lose their power for pacing when overused. I checked with Michele, who doesn't remember it being such a problem when she read the book ages ago, so perhaps the style choice stands out worse in audio than print. The dog really saved it for me, though. His lines were delightfully read and full of character.

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Jul 05, 2009 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: high-school-books, middle-school-books, fantasy, superpowers

This is an environmentally themed book that I enjoyed much more than Hoot. It is also an adventure thriller that is more thrilling than the Alex Rider books. Yet, it doesn't seem to have the popularity of either of those other books. Jack has had a normal childhood with attentive parents, good grades, success in athletics (he plays football), and a girlfriend P.J. His father has always encouraged him not to excel too much and one day, forgetting this advice, Jack breaks the school's rushing reco...more

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Apr 19, 2009 Jennifer Clark rated it 5 of 5 stars

Did you ever think that beating a high school record would result in a game of fighting for your life? In the Caretaker Trilogy, the first novel, Firestorm, the author David Klass describes this adventure with short and action-filled prose that kept me flipping the pages. Jack is immediately plunged into a world where time travel is possible, and he is the ‘chosen one’ to save our planet. Dodging death at every turn, he has to save the future from the damage being done in the present. Accompanie...more Did you ever think that beating a high school record would result in a game of fighting for your life? In the Caretaker Trilogy, the first novel, Firestorm, the author David Klass describes this adventure with short and action-filled prose that kept me flipping the pages. Jack is immediately plunged into a world where time travel is possible, and he is the ‘chosen one’ to save our planet. Dodging death at every turn, he has to save the future from the damage being done in the present. Accompanied by a shaggy, telepathic dog and a ‘ninja babe’, Jack travels across the world to defeat ‘Firestorm,’ and try to be a hero.

Jack was convinced he was a normal high school kid, until the night he beat the high school record when he rushed three hundred forty yards. The press’ arrival is where events turned haywire. Now, things he thought were just true in science fiction books come to life; time travel, telepathy, a watch that can help him breath under water. Jack is kept in the dark during the novel, forcing him to salvage any information that can lead him closer to identifying the major threat to his future. Jack is continuously fighting against the monsters destroying our planet, and who leave the future Earth abominated. His main enemy is unknown, but its man vs. man, or creature, because its Jack vs. Firestorm. But what is Firestorm?

This book is written in sentence fragments, which creates a fast pace in the book. Jack is confiding in the reader like one would write to a diary, which made me feel closer to him throughout the book. It seems as though I was in his thoughts the whole way, so I knew everything he was thinking. The only draw back is that I was just as confused as him throughout his escapade to save the Earth. Klass portrays Jack as a kid with a lot of depth. At times I found myself feeling many emotions toward Jack: pity, awe, suspense, etc. Klass also clearly expresses that we, as a civilization, are very destructive to the Earth, and we need to become aware of our surroundings and our effect on the planet. This book is very eco-conscious, and Klass very creatively expresses this in a superhero setting.

I chose this novel for the witty banter and the rollercoaster ride I was forced on. I became very aware how some of the things we are doing now are really destructive to the Earth later, and became more conscious about my surroundings. I would recommend this to anyone who likes action with a plot that will keep you on your toes. The mystery continues after the book is finished, which is when you can then continue with Whirlwind, the second novel of the trilogy.

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Oct 29, 2008 Tyler Marchand rated it 1 of 5 stars

So, I finished the book, and well, it was nothing that I expected it to be. There is no plot, all the characters just blow stuff up, and the idea of the book as a whole is hard to identify.

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Apr 06, 2012 Ruby rated it 5 of 5 stars

After rushing the most yards in a football game, 18-year-old Jack Danielson is living the life. He thinks he’s about to score with his girlfriend, P.J. The life of a typical teen, right? Not for Jack. His life is about to be turned upside down. After a lifetime of being told by his parents not to stand out academically or in sports, not to draw attention to himself, he finds out that his parents are not his actual parents and that his whole life is a lie.

His father tells Jack that “they” are com...more After rushing the most yards in a football game, 18-year-old Jack Danielson is living the life. He thinks he’s about to score with his girlfriend, P.J. The life of a typical teen, right? Not for Jack. His life is about to be turned upside down. After a lifetime of being told by his parents not to stand out academically or in sports, not to draw attention to himself, he finds out that his parents are not his actual parents and that his whole life is a lie.

His father tells Jack that “they” are coming and that he has to run. He tells Jack that he has to survive because he’s the beacon of hope. The hope for what? With no more information than this, he runs from whatever is now chasing him.

He ends up in Manhattan, where he inadvertently trusts the wrong person. What he thought was a cute girl turns out to be one of the creatures chasing him, called a “Gorm.” He gets more clues as well, but he has no idea what they mean. The Gorm called him a Prince, and they’re after something called “Firestorm.” After rescuing an overgrown mixed mutt of a dog that can talk to him telepathically, he thinks he’s found another ally. Man’s best friend, right?

After rescuing Gisco (the dog), he says he has answers, but little to none are forthcoming because Gisco’s been told not to say anything because Jack won’t be able to handle the information.

After being locked in a barn, which turns out to be a prison of sorts, Jack is continually attacked by a black-clad Ninja. After daily abuse, Jack mimics his captor’s moves and bests him. Turns out it’s a girl. Introducing herself as Eko, she tells him the attacks were to prepare him. For what though, she won’t say. Eko becomes a hard taskmaster, “Ninja Babe,” putting Jack through physical endurance tests. Jack feels an attraction to Eko, but it’s uncomfortable for him because of what she put him through and his occasional thoughts about P.J.

He finally figures out some answers for himself by picking up on the way both Gisco and Eko talk. Turns out they’re from the future, and Jack is the beacon of hope for saving that future. In the future, Earth is dying. Most of the species have been wiped out and what’s left is genetically engineered or farm-raised. Destroyed by their own creations and power, it’s up to Jack to find Firestorm, a mysterious weapon that will save Earth before the Turning Point.

The Gorm come for him again, and Eko is left behind. He’s “rescued” by Gisco, but they’re headed into the mother of all hurricanes. After drifting at sea, almost at death’s door, they’re picked up by a fishing trawler. However, these fishermen are not the friendliest. They put Jack to work. Jack’s life falls into a rhythm, but when the fishing starts, the horror begins. After sabotaging the trawler before it destroys a virgin coral reef, he comes face to face with his future.

I initially picked up this book because the blurb on the back described it as “Al Gore meets Grand Theft Auto.” How could I not pick it up! This is a great action-packed thrill ride of a novel. The characters are fantastic and have many facets. Jack is a great hero who rolls with the punches, but he’s still human dealing with normal teenage angst…sex. Klass uses fragmented sentences as the voice of Jack, which at first is annoying, but as you read, the book picks up speed and it’s perfect. This is the first in a trilogy, so make sure to pick up Book Two Whirlwind and Book Three Timeclock.

Ages 14+ (mature content)
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (September 5, 2006)
ISBN: 9780374323073
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May 06, 2008 Alexa rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: teenbooks, science-fiction

Think pace is determined by sentence length? So does David Klass and his earth-saving narrator, Jack Danielson, who has been sent back in time to save the planet by finding Firestorm, something prophesied to save the earth, only, of course, no one knows what it is. His telepathic dog Gisco is lovable and speaks in mostly full sentences. I would have liked this book better without the sentence fragments. But not much.

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Dec 11, 2009 priscilla rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, series

This has "reluctant reader" written all over it. It was like reading a video game. I agree with other reviews about limited character development, but I adjusted my expectations pretty quickly so I wasn't disappointed by Jack's perpetual boy-ness, or Dargon's bad guy shtick. Eko was a let-down, though.
As for the environmental angle, I actually felt Klass did an okay job of portraying a contrast between technological advancements that better our lives, & those that damage our environment. I t...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Cameron rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: High Schoolers

Recommended to Cameron by: My English Teacher

This review is from: Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 (Hardcover)
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Overall a great book to read. It’s easy to read and understand. October 15th, 2012. By Cameron Tussing.

I thought that this was an amazing book to read. It was easy to understand as well as being an enjoyable book to read. It was an intense and action packed book to read. I really enjoyed reading this book. After I finished reading Firestorm I went to my schools library t...more

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Oct 07, 2008 Marilyn rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: 9th grade and up, boys especially

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, youngadultfiction

I hated the sentence fragments. Hardly a "the" in the entire book: how pretentious! The story was ALL OVER THE PLACE, and I didn't care enough about the main character (especially his sense of humor) to try to keep up with it. What a drudge. Some talk of sex, so I'd give it to 9th graders and up but, really, I won't recommend it to anyone!

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Apr 26, 2009 Billie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-books-for-ya

I tend not to like fantasy and sci-fi. This was a very different read and weird to boot! Jack Danielson captures your heart in a different way. The reader might start to feel sorry for him when he realizes that his parents really aren't his parents, but are beings from the future. I can't imagine this happening, but at 18, I didn't exactly feel sorry for him as much as I gripped the reality that some kids are forced to enter adulthood too fast and have to just start taking responsibility for eve...more

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Jun 08, 2010 Hussein rated it 3 of 5 stars

Firestorm is a future size novel by the eviormental author David Klass . It is about a 17-yrs old teen named Jack Danielson . Jack try to make a " move" or "score" with his girlfriend again and fail . As Jack goes home as usually thing start to tear apart for our great hero . His parents aren't his real parent . Now Jack finds and teams up with a telepathic dog named Gisco . Later after that he then finds a ninja babe named Eko . All that Jack must do for his destiny as a person of the future o...more

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Oct 13, 2010 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

My first book; Firestorm by David Klass, is a suspenseful, captivating, and action filled novel. It has elements that are fiction based, while it has others that take into consideration the environmental issues of today's world. It has been referred to as an “Environmentally conscious book. It takes its story elements and advice into a very interesting direction. I n my mind, it uses the story of the book to capture the mind of the reader and get them hooked, while posing a very real, and scary...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Ferlwens Desty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In my opinion,I honestly believe that this boook was absolutely amazing.
It had a lot of action and Iactually felt like I was the main character in the story. Jack was jumping off of trains and buildings and getting chased down by weird people creatures and fighting for his life.
The imagery in this novel was so great that not one word could describe it. I hope that I will be able to find a book just like this in the future. This story makes me think about action books to whole different level. It...more

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Jan 10, 2009 Alexandra rated it 5 of 5 stars

one of my favorite books. it really shows the issues we as humans have created. It shows we need to do something to save the oceans before it's too late. oh and i love eko and jack together. i really hope they end up that way!

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Nov 01, 2012 Alex B rated it 5 of 5 stars

Alright so overall this book is filled with tons of action, hilarious dialouge, and some weird wacked out things. Something I really liked about David Klass was his style of writing. He uses a lot of sentence fragments like on page 262, “One of them tries to poke its nose into the grotto. Nope. Shark to big. Grotto to small. The other decides to gnaw off overhang. Uh-oh.” He does this mostly in action scenes, which I think really promotes the dramatic effects and helps the reader picture the sce...more

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Aug 20, 2008 Xiever rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: middle schoolers

ah... this guy made a new wrighting style out short sentinces, which after u get used to it is ok. Despite serous plot gaps, anf lack of explanation, the book is ... entertaining to say the least.

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May 11, 2013 Oscar rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is about a bot named Jack. He is just an ordinary high school guy, He plays football, He has a girlfriend, He has blonde hair. He has parents. His life is normal. One night after he got home from a football game everything changed. In a matter of seconds the life he thought was real, was fake. And he is running. He has a purpose. The beginning of his life was faked for some reason. He was being protected. He was hiding. Now he is on a journey for something called Firestorm, and the fat...more

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Sep 06, 2010 Thorayah rated it 4 of 5 stars

FierStorm is the first book in the caretaker trilogy. Its about a seventeen year old boy whoo tries to unravel the secrets of is old life. Who are his true parents? where is he really from? who are the darkforces that plan on murdere him?how does he fulfill the prophocies of the future?who is going to stand by his side and help him save the oceans? and will his new friends betray him like everyone else?

This book has tought me to never give up hope and always look forward to the future with a po...more

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Oct 23, 2008 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

I have been made to read this book. I do not like it. :-(

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Mar 17, 2013 Jeff rated it 2 of 5 stars

Disclaimer: I did not finish this book. I made it about 3/4 of the way though and I had enough. The writing in this book was not great at best. The story started off interesting enough but it spiraled downward after the first few chapters. Once the story was not interesting anymore the writing did nothing to keep my attention. I made it so far hoping that it would turn around but it never did. I usually won't stop a book this far in but I could just not take it anymore. I am going to give it the...more

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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 g...more

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