New Releases by Todd Strasser

Uma experiência escolar. Um movimento imparável. Um alerta urgente. Até aonde irias para pertencer? Numa sala de aula, na disciplina de História, uma pergunta inquietante dá início a uma experiência que foge rapidamente ao controlo. Para explicar como foi possível o surgimento do nazismo, um professor cria A Onda, um movimento baseado na disciplina, na união e na obediência. O que começa como um exercício pedagógico depressa se transforma num poderoso fenómeno de grupo, que alastra a toda a escola, tornando-se capaz de seduzir, excluir e silenciar. À medida que a Onda cresce, os alunos sentem-se parte de algo maior, mas o preço dessa pertença é a perda da individualidade, do pensamento crítico e da empatia. Nem todos aceitam calar as dúvidas e a resistência de alguns revela o lado mais sombrio da experiência. Inspirado num caso real ocorrido nos Estados Unidos, em 1969, A Onda é um romance perturbador e atual sobre conformismo, manipulação e os perigos da obediência cega. Uma leitura essencial que mostra como o autoritarismo pode nascer nos lugares mais inesperados e como ninguém está imune ao seu apelo.

There's a rumor that the girls keep a Kissing Book hidden in their locker room. In the book they judge how each boy in the grade kisses. Kyle and his friends have heard that someone has written some pretty bad things about them. Can it really be true? There's only one way to find out. They'll have to get that book. But to do it they'll have to go where no boy has gone before.

Drift it. Sling it. Slide it. Shred it . . . . Just don't get T-boned. Kennin is new to Sin City, running from a tragic past and anxious to start a life outside the gearhead crowd. But he can't resist the lure of all the hot, tricked-out cars in Las Vegas. When Kennin accidentally proves his drifting talent, he's pulled into a tsuiso battle against the toughest drivers around. The street drifting competition is cutthroat, and Kennin's outsider status only makes it worse. With ugly rivalries and vicious sabotage all around him, Kennin's ride will be gut-wrenchingly dangerous . . . and totally amping.

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?

"An American teen is led towards committing a terrorist act"--

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.

Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.

In the small town of Soundview, someone is blogging about the local high school kids and the comments aren''t kind. But are the posts cruel taunts or vicious threats? Then 17-year-old Lucy Cunningham goes missing after a night out and the hunt is on to catch a killer.

A teenage paparazzo makes a dangerous discovery in this timely look at celebrity “that is likely to be snapped up and make a lasting impression” (School Library Journal). All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to take pictures of celebrities...and maybe to become famous herself. She’s only fourteen, but already her work is sought after by fanzines and websites, and she’s invited to all the best parties. And now she has the chance of a lifetime: She has been invited to spend a week with Willow Twine, taking pictures of the teen superstar’s new chaste life. But when Jamie gets her hands on some sensational shots of Willow, she’s suddenly in over her head. The pictures could make her career—and destroy Willow’s. It seems like everyone’s eager to get their hands on the photos, and Jamie has to decide what she really wants...and what she’s willing to pay to get it.

Impact Zone: The most dangerous part of the wave You gotta beat it...or you''ll eat it. Ever since he went up against the locals and broke into the lineup, Kai has had his own crew. Spazzy is a summer kid with a lot of fancy gear. He looks like a total shubee. But on the board he''s good, really good -- despite everything going against him. The Spazz wants to be in the local competition, but he can''t do it without Kai. Kai knows there''s no way Spazzy can win against Lucas, the local hero. But Kai would never let a brah down....

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Dropping out of school and joining a gang is the norm and every kid knows someone who''s died. Gunshots ring out on a regular basis. DeShawn is smart enough to know he should stay in school and keep away from the gangs. But while his friends have drug money to buy anything they want, DeShawn''s family can barely afford food for the month. How can he stick to his principles when his family is hungry? In this gritty novel about growing up in the inner-city projects, award-winning author Todd Strasser opens a window into the life of a teenager struggling with right and wrong under the ever-present shadow of gangs.

At a high school party, a girl finds her best friend murdered, only to be discovered holding the weapon and accused of the crime.

The Tardy Boys show up at school on a warm winter morning to get ready for hockey practice, discover that the rink has been taken over by penguins and realize that it is up to them to keep the creatures from becoming extinct.

Have you ever seen a shape moving through the night? Do black cats always seem to cross your path? Would your heart race if a ghost sent you a text message? If so, then you might end up Too Afraid to Scream.

A collection of eight scary stories for young readers.

When a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy Earth, Legs Hanover scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams, elusive Andros Bliss.

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.

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?

"Life hasn't been easy for high school junior Kate Blessing. With rival mobs at war and her social life to worry about, Kate's got to hold it all together ... for the family"--Page 2 of cover

Fifteen-year-old Garrett is kidnapped and sent to a disciplinary boot camp, where he is subjected to physical and psychological abuse. Award-winning author Strasser offers a sobering glimpse at what really goes on behind closed doors.

Two stories in one book.

Skinny Cat is the scrawniest, scraggliest, laziest cat ever, but he has one very big, very disgusting talent-- he can cough up hair balls like a champ. Wil that be enough for him to win the school's cat talent show?

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.

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

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!

Tired of being hungry, cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one, a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to care about her.

Lauren would love to be part of the popular crowd at school, and when an attractive new girl seems to befriend her and offers a chance at popularity, Lauren does not recognize how she is being manipulated.

Part of a miniseries about a tattooed and pierced nanny with magical powers, this novel finds Heavenly freaked out over her first plane ride. She's supposed to accompany the kids to Italy to meet the Rand parents. She'll need some convincing to board the plane. Then it's look out Italy!

A group of fifth and sixth graders find a way to deal with personal differences, family problems, and some rock-throwing high school boys so that they can play the game they love.