Best Selling Books by Todd Strasser

Twelve-year-old Steven and his younger brother Benjy make a desperate attempt to force their extremely busy parents to spend more time together with them.

When Heavenly Litebody, the Rand family''s magical nanny, tries to solve 14-year-old Kit''s romantic problems by attending the school dance, she turns everything topsy-turvy instead.

A bully is beating up students in Jake Sherman''s eighth grade class and it looks as if no one can stop him, until Jake causes his buddy Josh to switch bodies with the principal.

Jake turned his buddy Andy into a dog and he is acting really strange. So he is sent to obedience school.

The new student in the senior class develops leukemia and affects the lives of his fellow students in various ways.

Kevin''s day has gotten off to a bad start, his family accidentally forgot him when they went to Paris for the holidays.

New to town, seventh-grader Tony worries that he''ll never have a social life since his father works for the unpopular nuclear plant and his only friend, Paul, is a social recluse whose primary interest is his science fair project.

After four of his friends leave a beer party and suffer a fatal accident, eighteen-year-old Matt senses something peculiar about the police investigation and suspects a cover-up to hide the identity of who was really responsible for the accident.

Daniel is entrusted with the deed to the family farm and gets help from legendary characters.

Food fights in the cafeteria are raging out of control. So Principal Chump hires some psycho lunch monitors to bust up the trouble. Armed with dishrags, hairnets, and a hidden camera, Kyle and his friends are about to strike back.

High school rock musicians Gary, Susan, Oscar, and Karl, the Electric Outlet, pursue their dream of stardom by trying to get their pictures in the paper and their records on the radio.

Nicole wants to stop global warming or find a cure for cancer--but all that can wait until after Brad invites her to the prom. When Brad invites Dulcie instead, Nuicole recruits grunge king Chase, her next-door neighbor and sandbox partner. She does a complete makeover on his image, transforming him into a stud muffin, and he gets his first taste of the P word--popularity. Young Adult.

Three teenagers find themselves adrift in the shark-infested waters off the Gulf of Mexico.

When Tyler Duvall arrives in Alaska for his dream vacation, He finds that his Uncle Jake is seriously ill and that he has to share Jake''s cabin with two other kids. Jake goes fishing when he disturbs a rogue grizzly bear, who follows him back to his uncle''s cabin.

BUS-TED! WILSON: invents stuff -- and trouble DUSTY: can talk his way out of anything KYLE: the nice guy no one ever suspects Together they bend every rule in school -- but they never get caught! Now there''s a new driver on the bus route. Sarge used to work at a prison, and he treats all kids like they''re criminals. But Wilson, Dusty, and Kyle can''t take it. They''ll show Sarge who''s in charge!

Jake got involved in a crazy experiment, now he''s swapped bodies with the geekiest teacher in school Being trapped in Mr Dirksen''s body is bad, but at least Jake can make lessons more fun for his friends. Jake has to get back into his own body, or he could become the most unpopular kid in school.

The author of the "Against the Odds" series introduces a four-title miniseries featuring a tattooed, pierced, and magical nanny--a Mary Poppins for the new millennium. Heavenly Litebody comes to the rescue of the Rand family and helps the teenagers cruise through trials and tribulations.

When Brad asks someone else to the senior prom, Nicole resorts to a desperate measure--she decides to make her next-door neighbor over into a dream date.

Provides the tale of Anakin Skywalker''s early years when he left his homeland of Tatooine behind in order to join the Jedi ranks and begins the journey of his life that eventually led him to become Darth Vader. Original. Movie tie-in.

Ryan has never cared much about saving the Pandas, until a poacher steal a cub from its mother, and Ryan and his father must help.

Henry Tompkins and his companions get lost in a desolate desert where they struggle to survive.

A retelling, based on the screenplay, of the adventures of four young musketeers in seventeenth-century France as they try to outwit the enemies of the king.

Now a holiday movie from Twentieth-Century Fox, here''s the hilarious novelization of the popular television show. Updated with a new cast of characters, the charm of the crazy clan lives on. The movie features Cloris Leachman as Granny, Dabney Coleman as Mr. Drysdale, Lily Tomlin as Jane Hathaway, and Jim Varney as Jed.

Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.

During the Spanish colonization of Mexico, a young girl invents a diving bell to save her brother and her people.

Kennin is determined to go legit despite the popularity he has gained with racing, but when his sister''s boyfriend starts causing trouble, Kennin decides he must put his family first and accept the risks involved.

The first installment in a hilarious new series follows a trio of wickedly wily boys who cause an abundance of trouble with their amusing antics, but who never get caught! Original.

"They always agreed to meet me. Of course, I told them I was bringing them money. I said it was cash and I didn''t want to send it through the mail. They might have hesitated at first about meeting me, but I never had to work very hard to convince them. Why?. . . It was the only way they could prolong their pathetic dreams of someday becoming rich, famous models." Shelby''s life in Soundview has always been comfortable. Her dad provides a luxurious lifestyle for his family through his photography business. He makes a ton of money taking headshots of pretty young teens who are desperate to become models. Shelby has always enjoyed driving around town in a red sports car, shopping with her best friend at her side. And her Mom is laidback,so it''s all good. However, as reports of girls disappearing from nearby towns start to appear on the news, Shelby''s seemingly perfect life begins to fall apart. The three missing girls have one thing in common--they were all clients of her dad''s photography business. Secrets begin to surface as the investigation continues. Shelby receives threatening e-mails, battles the nosy media, and tries to keep her family together. Now that her dad is implicated in the disappearances, can Shelby figure out a way to clear his name? Or is dad not as innocent as he seems? PRAISE FOR BLOOD ON MY HANDS: "[A] rare teen thriller with an actual mystery, this is as quickly paced as it is heart-wrenching." - Booklist "Author recognition, teen love of mystery, and a stellar cover will...make this a well-circulating title." - School Library Journal PRAISE FOR WISH YOU WERE DEAD: "Hits all the right notes of a teen thriller[...] his gripping plot will keep readers turning pages late into the night" - School Library Journal "Carefully plotted; this suspenseful novel blends the traditional with new tech details to successful end [...] will keep readers guessing right up to the satisfying conclusion." - Kirkus Reviews

Eleven-year-old Jesse tries to find a way to free his new friend, a 7,000-pound killer whale named Willy, from a miserable existence as the star attraction at an amusement park.

A high school student is determined to get a day off with his friends by outwitting his principal.

A novelization of the upcoming feature film sequel takes readers once again into the lives of the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and altogether ooky Addams Family. Original. Movie tie-in.

Separated from his Florida-bound family in Chicago''s O''Hare Airport at Christmastime, ten-year-old Kevin McCallister flies into New York City ready for anything--except Harry and Marv! Illustrated with stills from the movie.

A Pocket Books tie-in based on Ian McEwan''s screenplay of the major motion picture release from Twentieth Century Fox, starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood. Here is the chilling story of a young boy sent to live with relatives after the death of his mother, and of his prankish cousin, who is responsible for increasingly dangerous "accidents".

When their friend Daisy brings her neighbor''s smelly dog to school and one of the students makes a big fuss, Leyton and Wade Tardy have to find a way to keep the dog hidden so that Daisy does not get in trouble.

Mario and Luigi travel to another dimension to rescue Daisy, a paleontologist, from the evil dictator Koopa and his henchmen, the goombas

Disney''s greatest animated villains--from the queen in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to Jafar in "Aladdin"--appear in their nastiest moments