Best Selling Books by Todd Strasser

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 middle school must-read that exposes the antisemitism in our country today! From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together—and then torn apart—by an afterschool club that plays a video game based on WW2. There''s a new afterschool club at Ironville Middle School. Ms. Peterson is starting a video game club where the students will playing The Good War, a new game based on World War II. They are divided into two teams: Axis and Allies, and they will be simulating a war they know nothing about yet. Only one team will win. But what starts out as friendly competition, takes an unexpected turn for the worst when an one player takes the game too far. Can an afterschool club change the way the students see eachother...and how they see the world? "By using a gaming lens to explore the students’ entrée to prejudice and radicalization, he succeeds in lending immediacy and accessibility to his cautionary tale."—Kirkus Reviews

Drawing from his teenage years, Todd Strasser’s novel revisits a tumultuous era and takes readers on a psychedelically tinged trip of a lifetime. With his girlfriend, Robin, away in Canada, eighteen-year-old Lucas Baker’s only plans for the summer are to mellow out with his friends, smoke weed, drop a tab or two, and head out in his microbus for a three-day happening called the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. But life veers dramatically off track when he suddenly finds himself in danger of being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam. If that isn’t heavy enough, there’s also the free-loving (and undeniably alluring) Tinsley, who seems determined to test Lucas’s resolve to stay faithful to Robin; a frighteningly bad trip at a Led Zeppelin concert; a run-in with an angry motorcycle gang; parents who appear headed for a divorce; and a friend on the front lines in ’Nam who’s in mortal danger of not making it back. As the pressures grow, it’s not long before Lucas finds himself knocked so far down, it’s starting to look like up to him. When tuning in, turning on, and dropping out is no longer enough, what else is there?

One group on the Jersey Shore, another in Laguna Beach. Both have the same summer-tastic setup: total strangers sharing a house. No one sleeps, no one cleans, and everybody parties. And to pay their ways, each housemate slags through crappy summer jobs while recuperating from the night before. Ah, summer shares! In the Jersey house, cheating and misleading are the name of the game as roommates hook up and hash it out. And at Laguna Beach, surfing is just one of several popular, uh, pastimes. But some of the people in this share are keeping secrets—dangerous ones that could blow the roof off their massive house on the beach. How will these clashing personalities survive two months together? With plenty of drama to share!

Two stories in one book.

When Jake, Josh, and Andy switch bodies with three very different lunch ladies, students get in line for big laughs. School lunch will never be the same!

The Rands are a popular and well-liked family in the village of Soundview Manor. But when Kit''s best friend accidentally uncovers "the terrible truth" regarding the history of the Litebody clan, public pressure builds for the Rands to get rid of their magical nanny. Faced with the prospect of becoming outcasts, Kit''s parents are tempted to fire Heavenly. Can Kit stop them?

Find out how to "dis" the gang and slam back witty comebacks-- and tickle their funny bones at the same time

Dee Dee plays cupid but her arrow misses the mark.

Master storyteller Todd Strasser reimagines the classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future—and takes readers on an epic sci-fi adventure. When seventeen-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. But Ishmael isn’t on Cretacea to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He’s here to work, risking his life to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. It’s rumored that the ship’s captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he’s now consumed by revenge. But there may be more to Captain Ahab’s obsession. Dark secrets and dangerous exploits swirl around the pursuit of the beast, and Ishmael must do his best to survive—if he can.

Kate Blessings has made it to her senior year, but being the boss of the family has taken its toll. While dealing with her enemies she is pulled back into a love triangle. Will she be able to survive?

Meet a very smart Basset Hound named Wordsworth and his very strange family.

Two books in one, the story starts with a boy named Jake seemingly doomed to repeat the first day of school over and over. In the second book Jake experiences the same phenomena at summer camp!

Jake Sherman and his friends go to Camp Grimley, and find that their back-to-nature counselor is not what he seems.

Baseados em fatos reais, o livro que inspirou a série "Nós somos a Onda", da Netflix, e o filme alemão homônimo, lançado em 2009. O que acontece quando um professor de história tenta recriar o movimento nazista em sala de aula? A turma do último ano do Colégio Gordon deveria estar estudando a Segunda Guerra Mundial, mas os alunos parecem um tanto quanto céticos em relação ao nazismo. Afinal, parece impossível para eles que a juventude alemã tenha apoiado um regime com ideias tão deturpadas, que causou a morte de tantas pessoas. Mas Ben Ross, o professor de história da escola, parece ter a ideia perfeita para engajar a classe. Ele começa um movimento estudantil focado no discurso de "disciplina" e "comunidade", bastante semelhante às premissas que inspiraram a juventude de Hitler. A ideia era mostrar para a turma que, com um líder carismático e um discurso inflamado, é fácil se deixar levar; mas, em pouco tempo, a Onda varre toda a escola. Atraídos pela ideia de "igualdade" que propõe o movimento, os alunos veem na Onda a solução para problemas como bullying, desatenção e até mesmo o baixo rendimento do time estudantil em campo. Mas quando alguns alunos se recusam a se juntar à Onda, a pressão popular aumenta, e eles se veem vítimas da intolerância dos colegas. Baseado em fatos ocorridos em 1969 em um colégio na Califórnia, A Onda traz questionamentos bastante atuais sobre o fascismo e a intolerância, explorando de forma brilhante o papel da juventude idealista na consolidação desses discursos. "Nunca na vida li um livro tão contundente, instigante e emocionante quanto A Onda." - The Guardian

"Is being a hot Hollywood mega-star all it''s cracked up to be? Not if you''re box-office star Rick Coogin, who jets off to do a fertilizer promotion and ends up a distorted, mutated freak in a land full of them!"--Cover

Le roman est inspiré d’une “expérience pédagogique” qui s’est déroulée en Californie en 1969, transposée en Allemagne. Un professeur d’histoire décide, grâce à une expérience d’endoctrinement de démonter les mécanismes de l’idéologie nazie.

Kate finds a pumpkin that glows in the dark, which she makes into a lantern for Halloween. But once the lantern''s lit, everything goes haywire. Kate''s mum develops a strange habit and the housekeeper is baking with bats. Can the magic of the lantern be stopped?

L''ascesa del nazismo. Lo sterminio di un popolo. Com''è potuto accadere? Ben Ross e i suoi alunni stanno per imparare una lezione che non dimenticheranno mai. Chi erano Hitler e i nazisti? E come hanno fatto a trascinare un''intera nazione nel loro folle disegno? Ben Ross, insegnante di storia in un liceo di Palo Alto, prova a raccontarlo ai suoi alunni, ma le ragioni di tanto orrore sembrano incomprensibili ai ragazzi. Così Ross decide di ricorrere a un esperimento, utilizzando la classe come laboratorio. Forma un movimento tra gli studenti, L''Onda, e lo dota di simboli, motti, una rigida disciplina e un forte senso della comunità. In pochissimi giorni lo strano test ha sviluppi incontrollabili, e spaventosi. Tratto da una storia vera, un racconto incalzante e pungente, che è anche la denuncia di una verità inoppugnabile: la Storia, anche nei suoi episodi più crudeli e abietti, può ripetersi. In qualsiasi momento. "L''Onda è liberamente tratto da un articolo di Ron Jones apparso nei primi anni ''70 in Whole Earth Catalogue. A dire la verità, mi sono sempre chiesto se l''esperimento condotto dal signor Jones con la sua classe avesse avuto davvero gli effetti raccontati nell''articolo. Ma sono fermamente convinto che il punto non sia se quegli eventi sono veri oppure no." Todd Strasser

Be careful when you throw the Jumanji dice What will happen? Nobody knows, but it will be dangerous. Two children find the game and start to play. Jungle animals and a man with a gun come out of the board. How can they stop them? They must finish the game.

Donation.

Richie Rich, the son of the world''s wealthiest man, must stop a dishonest employee''s attempt to take over Rich Enterprises.

"The Wave" is based on a true incident that occurred when a teacher conducted an experiment dealing with group pressure in his classes.

When first published 20 years ago, Kaffir Boy changed the way the West understood South Africa. As powerful today as when it was first written, Mathabane''s remarkable story of life under apartheid is told with brutal honesty and gives the reader a rare gl

J''ai neuf ans. Je suis esclave sur la planète Tatooine. Je suis la propriété d''une créature nommée Watoo. Je n''ai aucun moyen de m''échapper. Un jour, un Jedi a débarqué sur ma planète. Il a dit qu''il sentait la Force en moi. Peut-être deviendrai-je un Jedi. Mais je devrai d''abord faire mes preuves. Avant tout, je dois survivre. Mon nom est Anakin Skywalker. Voici mon histoire.

The sensitive young David, coping with the imminent death of a new friend and society''s attitude toward the sick young man, realizes the value of friendship.

Working on a friend''s computer, Max accidentally triggers a time machine that brings Abe Lincoln to his school for Presidents'' Day.

Rock musicians Gary, Susan, Oscar, and Karl struggle to cope with new pressures and temptations when their third album becomes a monster hit. Sequel to "Rock ''n'' Roll Nights" and "Turn It Up!".

Jeff, a stadium hawker, and Melissa, the boss''s daughter, fall for each other, but their romance becomes troubled as they realize social differences do matter when a friend is arrested.