Most Popular Books by Todd Strasser

Something strange is happening in the parking lot of Time Zone High: The established cliques aren’t in their usual gathering places. Instead, everyone has joined in one large, frantically interacting mass. Why? Maybe it’s because the world may end tomorrow. Allegra Hanover is Time Zone High’s over-achieving valedictorian, so motorcycle-driving surfer bum Andros Bliss seems like the last person she would date. But when an asteroid is rumored to be hurtling toward Earth, the normal high school rules start to fade. Students and teachers are ditching class, and the lines between high school cliques are breaking down. Is the end of the world enough to make Allegra finally go for her secret crush?

"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

When Leyton and Wade Tardy agree to help their friend Daisy hide a dog at school, they have no idea what they''re getting themselves into.

The cops cracked down on illegal races, and now the only street racing around is at the hottest casino on the strip. The casino owner is starting his own high-stakes, high-payoff drift team -- and there''s little he wouldn''t do to have Sin City''s best drifter. Kennin''s under pressure to quit the scene and get his life back on track. But when he''s offered five grand to fix his ride -- and the promise of enough cash to take care of his problems -- Kennin knows exactly what he has to do. No matter what the catch.

In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about. But Scott''s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst. As the neighbors scoff, he builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks i

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Collection of stories and poems portraying eight wicked villains from various Disney animated films.

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

After Chris''s car plunges into the ravine, killing him and three of his friends, everyone blames Chris for drinking. But Matt thinks there is more to it. Something is fishy about the investigation, and Matt is determined to uncover the truth.

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.

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

The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

Feeling increasingly alienated from his successful and affluent parents, a 17-year-old boy becomes involved in drug dealing.