You Don't Know Me

Klass, David

ISBN 10: 0064473783 / ISBN 13: 9780064473781

Published by Avon Tempest, 2002

About this Item

No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 344 pp. edge wear, front cover curled a bit; John ("My father named me after a toilet!") wrestles with the certainty that no one really knows him -- not in his miserable home, and certainly not at school. It's true that no one can guess his hidden thoughts, which are hilarious, razor-sharp observations about lust, love, tubas, algebra, everything. And then there's his home: his father ran off years ago, so he's being raised by his mother, who works long hours, and by her boyfriend, whom John calls "the man who is not and never will be my father." This man is his enemy, an abusive disciplinarian who seems to want to kill John and, in a horrible final confrontation, nearly succeeds.Moving, wholly involving, original, and emotionally true, You Don't Know Me is a multilayered novel that presents a winning portrait of an understandably angst-ridden adolescent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Don't Know Me
• Publisher: Avon Tempest
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0064473783
• ISBN 13: 9780064473781
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Young Adult

About this title

Synopsis

You think you know John? Well, let's see . . . What bathroom fixture did his father have in mind at his birth? Does algebra have a use, besides torture? Who is Glory Halle-lujah? Who is Violent Hayes? What do they want? Who or what are the Lashasa Palulu? Why do fools fall in love? How can anyone who is fighting a secret battle for his life know anyone? And how can they know him?

About the Author

David Klass is the author of six other young adult novels, including the ALA Notable books Wrestling with HonorM and California Blue. He has also written a number of screenplays, including Kiss the Girls and Desperate Measures. This is his first book with HarperCollins.