You Dont Know Me Written by David Klass
Essay title: You Dont Know Me Written by David Klass
The title of the book that I read is You dont know me. It has 262 pages and was written by David Klass. The copyright date is 2001. This book was fiction although it didn’t seem like it was. This book started a little slow, but then got very good in the ending.
The main characters in the book are John, Gloria, the man who is not Johns father, Violet Hayes, and Johns mother. Glorias role in the book is to be the beautiful, popular girl who is always gossiping. The man who is not Johns fathers role in the book is to hurt John and then try to hide it from Johns mother. Violets role in the story is to be the girl that no one really knows, but has a big crush on John. Johns mother is the only person that John really has, even though she isnt around a lot. Lastly, there is John, his role in the story is to just go along with everything that is happening, until the day that he fights back with the man who is not his father.
The setting of the book changes, but mostly it is at school and at home. Which John calls anti-school and his home that is not a home. John doesnt call it school because he sees school as a place to learn, but he doesn’t learn at his school. He also calls his home a home that is not a home because he feels that a house should be a safe place for someone to come home to, but that is nothing like Johns house. Those are only a couple of little things in Johns quite complicated life.
Basically the entire book is about this boy, John, and his confusing life. Johns mother was left by her husband a long time ago, and now she has met someone new. Unfortunately, he is horrible to John when she isnt around, and he ends up physically abusing John. Meanwhile, John has his whole school life going on. For example, his math teacher is always calling on people that are completely