Dave Casler
PO Box 98
Ridgway, Colorado 81432
Young Adult Novels by Dave Casler...
I've been told by publisher after publisher that there's no market for Young Adult novels. I think they're wrong! So I'm putting my novels on-line for you. Forget the publisher! Read to your heart's content--it's free! And, I'd like to hear from you, too! Contact Page.
So far I have two novels completed and a third on the way, About Jared. All concern a group of teens in Boulder, Colorado, who know each other. Each novel tells the story of a particular person. Why do I write about boys? Because everyone else writes about girls! And why teens? Because when my kids were teens, I found I enjoyed not only them but their friends. Through my work with their school, at church, and while teaching ham radio to teens, I found teens delightful! Contrary to what some adults think, the teen world is a marvelous one, full of discovery, intelligence, humor, and just plain real life.
About the About Series
All Chapters in About Dan
All Chapters in About Phillip
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About Dan explores how a teen holds up under the pressure of repeated and unrelenting adversity. Dan's junior year at Park High starts normally enough. The sixteen-year-old, originally from Manchester, England, plays varsity soccer, lives with his mother, and really doesn't have too many cares. That doesn't last. In the game against Anderson High, played under the hot sun at the foot of the Flatirons in late September, Dan has an accident that completely blows out his knee and breaks his leg. So much for soccer. But it doesn't stop there. Disaster after disaster comes Dan's way, some merely annoying, some truly overwhelming. How does he handle the buffeting and keep his head above water? Well, he has friends, at least those who stand by him. |
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About Phillip, explores the relationship between a teen and his father. Phillip Maceda is a computer nerd who likes to run for exercise. He's been talked into joining the Park High track team. He likes to be by himself or with his faithful co-nerd Grant Haven. Phillip is nearly sixteen but wants to have nothing to do with learning to drive, thinking that public transportation is simpler, cheaper, and more ecologically sound. This doesn't meet with his father's approval, who insists he learn so he can take turns ferrying his younger brother to and from school. Adding to Phillip's discomfort at home, he's being hounded by Matthew Christiansen, a born-again fundamentalist Christian who figures Phillip is a good target for his anti-Mormon diatribes. At least Phillip can find refuge at the Boulder Valley Pet Store, where he works after school. Lance Maceda, Phillip's father, is a self-made man who proudly runs a retail furniture store in Boulder. Unbeknownst to Phillip, Lance's store is suffering because the big-box furniture stores in Broomfield are undercutting his prices. Lance's business is in trouble, and with it the Maceda's family income. Father and son don't get along. Lance is hard-charging and by the book. Phillip would really rather stop and smell the flowers along the way. They finally meet head-on, with disastrous results. |