You Don't Know Me

You Don't Know Me

By David Klass

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Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 9 - 12Grades 10 - 9X6.469431
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.
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN-13: 9780312653026
ISBN-10: 0312653026
Published on 9/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288

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The book was about how a boy named david was being abused by his mothers drunk boyfriend and mother left and he did it more and then after the teacher tried to help. I highly reccomend this book because its a intresting book .

Im not really sure what this book is about, but what i do know is, the main character is a teenaged boy who is abused, i think..... dont trust my opinion on it.

I like this book because to tells u guys about this person my teacher said that would be a good book for u to read

i loved the book a need to read.