David Klass

I thought the story had good suspense, especially during the part of the story where Duke was in the county final. David tells us that “the first period seesawed back and forth for several minutes. Bankman started off in the control position, Duke wrestled carefully and soon engineered a neat escape” and because of the way he said they “seesawed back and forth” you wanted

In the novel Losers Take All by David Klass, Jack Logan, the main character, is a senior Fremont High School. Fremont High is a very athletic school. When their old principal, Mr. Gentry dies competing in a race, Mr. Muhldinger, the football coach takes over. Muhldinger set a school rule requires all seniors to play a sport. Muhldinger attempts to recruit Jack to the football team, knowing that his dad was an All-American at Fremont High back when he played football. Jack declines the offer because

In the short story Cradle Hold by David Klass, a very young boy named Duke possesses many feminine qualities, such as preferring dolls over guns or books over the outdoors. Duke’s father Harry is very uncomfortable about this. He tries everything he can think of to change his son, But nothing works. Eventually Duke gets a girlfriend. Harry is very happy but far from pleased. One day Duke decides to try out for wrestling to make his father happy. Duke makes the team as an substitute. Harry travels

Jack Logan, the main character of the novel Losers Take All by David Klass, is a senior Fremont High School. Fremont High School is a “sports powerhouse known through New Jersey as ‘Muscles High’” (Klass 3). When their old principal suddenly dies while running in a race, Mr. Muhldinger, the football coach, becomes principal and sets a school rule requiring all seniors to play a sport. The new principal unsuccessfully attempts to recruit Jack to join the football team, knowing that Jack’s father

Expository essay What kind of world would it be if everyone were to be the same? The world would be super boring, that’s why everyone is different in someway. In the book A Different Season by David Klass and the book Batboy by Mike Lupica, two characters, Jim Roark and Brian Dudley, are similar and different at the same time. Although, Jim Roark and Brian Dudley are similar in some ways, there is one major difference that makes them themselves. There are moments in both books that show how

Jack Logan, the main character of the novel Losers Take All by David Klass, is a senior Fremont High School. Fremont High School is a “sports powerhouse known through New Jersey as ‘Muscles High’” (Klass 3). When their old principal suddenly dies while running in a race, Mr. Muhldinger, the football coach, becomes principal and sets a controversial school rule requiring all seniors to play a sport. The new principal makes a futile attempt to recruit Jack to join the football team, knowing that

The mind is a place for imagination and for thoughts. People use their thoughts and imagination in many ways to cope with problems. It is used as a place to escape the troubles of the real world. In You Don’t Know Me by David Klass, John copes with his abuse and his teenage life by creating imaginary tribes to provide his alternate outcomes to situations, personifying objects and blaming them for his failures, and giving nicknames describing a bad quality they have. John creates an imaginary tribe

the unification and later division of the tribes of Israel. In the Hebrew Bible, various tribes are depicted as encompassing the land of Canaan prior to a time modern scholars refer to as the united monarchy, which refers to the rule of King Saul, David and Solomon.

I walk through the doors with my mom. I hear crying, little kids throwing tantrums and moms telling their kids everything would be fine. The nurses walking around with files and stethoscopes around their necks. I was officially at the doctor’s office. I had checked in and sitting in pain with all these noises going on, thinking that it would be just a regular visit. But little did I know, from that day on it would be a life changing experience to my identity. My whole life’s been a chase, it’s a

Religious spaces, characterized by Thomas Tweed, are “differentiated,” “interrelated,” and “kinetic.” As a sacred city with spiritual significance in three major religions, Jerusalem is depicted thoroughly in the Hebrew Bible and illustrated as one of the spaces Tweed defines. The Bible emphasizes that Jerusalem was chosen by God and honored by Israelites, which differentiates it as a special, singular space; the description of Solomon’s Temple shows that the Holy City was interrelated to economic