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1. [Free read ebook] Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 David Klass *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks #1118924 in Books Square Fish 2008-04-01 2008-04-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.18 x .4 x 5.49l, .62 #File Name: 0312380186320 pagesGreat product! | File size: 56.Mb David Klass : Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1 before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great message, fantasy and sci-fi.By Landy HilgerThe message in the book is great. This book is just for stereotypical teenage boys who are usually athletic, popular or lucky with the girls. I personally did not like the way it's written; the sentences are short and they seem choppy to me. I believe it is meant to portray how quick things escalated from the beginning. Overall, many people like it because it does have an environmental literacy component.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Ursula

2. FigueroaGreat read0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Summer ReadingBy D. RichGreat read for youth. I read this before delivering it to our granddaughter (required summer read for school). She loved the book took, I am planning to read the trilogy... very thought provoking. Several have complained about the writing style, but I found it very easy to follow and a fast read. 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-timebending 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. From School Library JournalStarred . Grade 8 UpKlass enters exciting and provocative new territory with this sci-fi thriller. Seventeen-year-old Jack Danielsons life has always been normalexcept that his parents have encouraged him to blend in and not try too hard. But then he learns that he is different, that he has special powers and abilities, and that he is from the future and has been sent back to save the planet. Strangers kill his adoptive parents and come after him, and the teens only hope to survive is to trust in Gisco, a huge dog who speaks to him telepathically, and Eko, a ninja babe whose loyalties are ambiguous. The writing is fluid and graceful in places. The sobering events and tone are leavened with engaging humor, and the characters are multidimensional. The relentless pace, coupled with issues of ecology, time travel, self-identity, and sexual awakening, makes for a thrilling and memorable read. The cliff-hanger ending will make readers hope that Klasss work on book two of the trilogy is well under way.Melissa Moore, Union University Library, Jackson, TN Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistJack's parents have taught him to blend in, and he resents it. He knows he can be a star--which he becomes when he shatters his school's rushing record and appears on the news. Then his parents tell him they aren't really his parents, and Jack suddenly finds himself catapulted from being on top of the world to running for his life and being the only one equipped to avert ecological disaster. In the first volume in this eco-fantasy series, Klass avoids preaching while still conveying how easily ignorance can cause environmental atrocities; a scene in which Jack helps trawl for orange roughy is downright chilling. The nonstop run of fragmentary sentences is effective in action scenes; it's distracting everywhere else, however, so it's fortunate that the book is packed with high-intensity thrills. Style matters aside, Klass' protagonist comes off as a regular guy, right down to his awkward sexual impulses, and Jack's surprising fate will leave readers waiting eagerly for the second installment in the Caretaker Trilogy^B. Krista HutleyCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved Klass enters exciting and provocative new territory with this sci-fi thriller. The cliff-hanger ending will make readers hope that Klass's work on book two of the trilogy is well under way. Starred, School Library JournalGripping. A total thrill ride, one with a profound message. Starred, Publishers WeeklyTremendous fun to read, and in its own Al Gore Meets Grand Theft Auto way, delivers a heartfelt and intelligent ecological warning. The New York Times Book Downright chilling . . . packed with high- intensity thrills. Jack's surprising fate will leave readers waiting eagerly for the second installment in the Caretaker Trilogy. BooklistFirestorm is a potent mixture of high-octane YA novel and sensitive, intelligent study of the current environmental crises facing the planet. Kirkus s Big Book PreviewReaders will relish hurtling through the adventure alongside Jack. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksFirestorm 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 InternationalKlass has scored a hat trick with Firestorm--incredibly original, vitally important, and one hell of a ride. David Baldacci, author of The Camel Club