You Don't Know Me (Hardcover)

You Don't Know Me Book Description

John wrestles with the uncertainty that no one really knows him. Although his hidden thoughts are hilarious, with razor-sharp observations about lust, love, algebra, and everything, John's home life involves an absent father, a mother who works long hours, and her boyfriend, who is abusive to John.
Dark and funny.
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.

About the Author :

David Klass has contributed to You Don't Know Me as an 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.

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