Books with author Todd Strasser

A rogue grizzly bear is an 800-pound killing machine with a sweet tooth. When Tyler arrives in the Alaskan wilderness from San Francisco to spend the summer with his uncle Jake, he expects to fish and have camp fires. What Tyler doesn't expect is to be trapped in a small cabin with Jake too ill to help fight off a rogue grizzly who's gradually breaking in. Nothing in Tyler's easy city life has prepared him for anything like this.

Featuring a new trim size and a new line look, Todd Strasser’s acclaimed account of school violence that Kirkus Reviews calls “vivid, distressing, and all too real.”For as long as they can remember, Brendan and Gary have been mercilessly teased and harassed by the jocks who rule Middletown High. But not anymore. Stealing a small arsenal of guns from a neighbor, they take their classmates hostage at a school dance. In the panic of this desperate situation, it soon becomes clear that only one thing matters to Bendan and Gary: revenge.

In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, he tries to fight back, but the battle is futile. He won't be allowed to leave until he's admitted his "mistakes" and conformed to Harmony Lake's standards of behavior. And there's no way to fake it. Beaten, humiliated, and stripped of his pride, Garrett's spirit is slowly ebbing away. Then he hears whispers of an escape plot. It's incredibly risky -- if he's caught, the consequences will be unthinkable -- but it may be his only way out. In this tense, riveting novel, award-winning YA author Todd Strasser reveals what really goes on in highly secretive -- and notoriously dangerous -- boot camps, a stealth prison system where any teenager under the age of eighteen can be imprisoned at his parents' whim.

Local model wanted: must be tall, gorgeous...and not afraid to die. This is third in the series of glossy crime thrillers from a bestselling American author. Are you dying to be famous...? It seems that every girl in Soundview wants to be a model, singer or actress. They all need super-glam photos for agents and scouts - which works out perfectly for Shelby's photographer dad. He makes a fortune taking pictures of these wannabes...until the girls start to disappear and he is accused of murder. Shelby knows her dad is innocent and is determined to prove it, and that means finding the real killer. This is a glossy thriller from "an author who really has his finger on the way kids think" ("The New York Times"). It offers all the glamour of Gossip Girl and all the suspense of James Patterson.

What if the bomb had actually been dropped? In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about, so Scott's dad builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it with just enough supplies to keep the four of them alive for two critical weeks. In the middle of the night in late October, when the unthinkable happens, the same neighbors who scoffed at building a shelter themselves force their way into the shelter before Scott's dad can shut the door.Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history. "Exciting, harrowing ... This is a superb entertainment ... It thrums along with finely wrought atmosphere and gripping suspense." -- THE NEW YORK TIMES

In a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his friends only see one choice: join up to a gang. DeShawn is smart enough to want to stay in school and make something more of himself, but when his family is starving while his friends have fancy bling and new sneakers, DeShawn is forced to decide--is his integrity more important than feeding his family?

Some people say this is the funniest of all the Help! I'm Trapped books...When Jake's friend Andy accidentally switches bodies with Jake's yellow Labrador retriever, life gets really crazy. Lance in Andy's body is chewing on the legs of tables while Andy in Lance's body just wants to sit on the couch and watch TV. But if Jake can't get them to switch back soon, they'll all end up in the doghouse!This is the book that propelled the Help! I'm Trapped in... series onto the bestseller lists and made it an international hit!