David Klass Books in Order

After his mother's death, Jerry accompanies his family to Japan for the summer and struggles with loneliness and boredom. Discovering a local high-school baseball team gives him a way to engage with unfamiliar surroundings and begin finding connections beyond the grief that brought him there.

Seventeen-year-old soccer player Tony travels to Atami, Japan, to stay with a Japanese family for several months while his parents divorce. The extended visit places him in an unfamiliar household and culture at a time when the familiar structure of his own family is changing.

High-school baseball standout Jim Roark is excited to meet talented softball player Jennifer Douglas. His feelings become more complicated when she joins his previously all-male team, forcing him to reconsider his expectations about competition, relationships, and a place he had regarded as his own.

Champion wrestler Ron Woods refuses to repeat a mandatory drug test he has failed, setting off a difficult high-school season. The consequences extend beyond sport into his first romance and his understanding of the father he lost in Vietnam, turning a decision into a broader moral reckoning.

A history student's bizarre murder at Yale draws English professor Kevin Randall into the search for a killer. Believing the crime is connected to his wife's brutal death two years earlier, he pursues a terrifying adversary whose actions make the investigation intensely personal.

A samurai-style killing in Los Angeles appears connected to the mysterious death of FBI agent Jack Graham's father. Following the link takes Graham to Japan, where his search for personal answers uncovers a dangerous corporate conspiracy stretching across the Pacific.

Teenager John discovers a rare butterfly on land belonging to the lumber mill that supports his town. Protecting the species puts him at odds with his dying father and a community facing difficult choices about its livelihood.

Jimmy Doyle joins an American basketball team for an international tournament, finding himself its only white player. The experience challenges his assumptions about race and belonging while exposing the political tensions that follow the players beyond the court.

High school senior Liz Wheaton lands a major film role and enters a world that initially seems glamorous. As she encounters Hollywood’s darker side, she discovers how difficult it is to distinguish genuine people from convincing performances.

John hides his sharp, funny observations behind the belief that nobody truly knows him. School frustrations and longing for connection become increasingly difficult to manage while his mother’s abusive boyfriend makes home an unsafe place.

Soccer captain Joe anticipates a promising school year and a developing romance, but changing social divisions undermine his plans. Confronting the violence embedded in his school’s traditions forces him to decide whether he can break their hold.

Jeff’s convicted murderer brother returns home after his sentence is overturned, dividing the family and disrupting school life. When a local soccer rival disappears, Jeff suspects Troy and begins a search for evidence that challenges his certainty.

After a football record brings unwanted attention, Jack learns that everything he believes about his family is false. Pursued across a shifting landscape of time and betrayal, he must discover his role in protecting a dying planet.

Jack returns home after saving the oceans to find his girlfriend missing and himself under suspicion. With his telepathic dog, he searches for her and a vanished time traveler who may be able to defeat their powerful enemy.

Jack hopes to reclaim an ordinary teenage life, but another journey through time forces him toward a final confrontation. Saving Earth now requires deciding who he is and which future he is willing to choose for himself.

An alien inhabits a teenager’s body to decide whether humanity deserves destruction. Experiencing bullying, family conflict and unexpected affection from inside Tom’s troubled life makes the apparently straightforward judgment far harder than the visitor anticipated.

A quarterback and a student sports reporter begin a joint blog about their school’s football season. When a player suffers a serious injury, their questions about the game’s risks provoke resistance in a town built around its team.

Daniel joins a father-child chess tournament hoping for acceptance from his school team, then discovers his father was once a promising player. Returning to competition revives pressures that threaten to overwhelm a man who abandoned the game decades earlier.

Forced to join a sports team, Jack and his unathletic friends form a soccer squad determined to lose every match. Their protest against school sporting culture unexpectedly attracts supporters, creating a kind of success they never intended.

A serial bomber attacks environmentally destructive targets while claiming his violence is necessary to expose the climate crisis. With conventional investigative methods failing, a young FBI agent’s unusual insight may offer the only chance to stop him.