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Todd Strasser

(1950 - )
aka
Morton Rhue

About Todd Strasser

Todd Strasser is an American author of 130 young-adult and middle grade novels and novelizations, some written under the pen name "Morton Rhue".

Strasser has written many award-winning novels for young adults and teens, picking controversial themes like Nazism, bullying at schools, homelessness, school shootings, and sexuality. His works include Give A Boy A Gun, Boot Camp, and Asphalt Tribe. His most famous work The Wave, is a novelization of a social experiment that happened in Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California in 1967, and was made into a television movie in 1981 and a popular feature film in 2008. This book has been translated into more than a dozen languages and is read in schools around the world.

Strasser is also the author of the Time Zone High trilogy, How I Changed My Life, How I Created My Perfect Prom Date, and How I Spent My Last Night On Earth. How I Created My Perfect Prom Date was adapted for the feature film Drive Me Crazy starring Adrian Grenier and Melissa Joan Hart.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Wish You Were Dead

Cheap Shot

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Is That A Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny In Your Pillowcase?

Too Dark To See
(Nighttime, book 1)

Too Afraid To Scream
(Nighttime, book 3)

Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag?

If I Grow Up

Series

Lifeguards
Summer's End (1993)
Summers Promise (1993)

Wordsworth
1. Wordsworth and the Cold Cut Catastrophe (1995)
2. Wordsworth and the Kibble Kidnapping (1995)
3. Wordsworth and the Roast Beef Romance (1995)
4. Wordsworth and the Mail-Order Meatloaf Mess (1995)
5. Wordsworth and the Tasty Treat Trick (1996)
6. Wordsworth and the Lip-Smacking Licorice Love Affair (1996)

Free Willy
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)

Rock'n'Roll Summer
Playing for Love (1995)
The Boys in the Band (1996)

Camp Run-A-Muck
Chopped-Up Birdy's Feet (1997)
Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts (1997)
Mutilated Monkey Meat (1997)

Against the Odds
Grizzly Attack (1998)
Shark Bite (1998)
Buzzard's Feast (1999)
Gator Prey (1999)

Impact Zone
1. Take Off (2004)
Close Out (1999)
Cut Back (2004)

Here Comes Heavenly
1. Here Comes Heavenly (1999)
2. Dance Magic (1999)
3. Pastabilities (2000)
4. Spell Danger (2000)

Don't Get Caught
Driving the School Bus (2000)
In the Girl's Locker Room (2001)
In the Teacher's Lounge (2001)
Wearing the Lunch Lady's Hairnet (2001)

DriftX
1. Slide or Die (2006)
Battle Drift (2006)
Sidewayz Glory (2006)

Nighttime
1. Too Dark To See (2009)
2. Too Scared To Sleep (2007)
3. Too Afraid To Scream (2009)

Mob Princess
Count Your Blessings (2007)
For Money and Love (2007)
Stolen Kisses, Secrets, and Lies (2007)

Nighttime Trilogy
Nighttime Trilogy (omnibus) (2008)

Novels

Angel Dust Blues (1979)
Friends Till the End (1981)
Rock 'N' Roll Nights (1982)
Workin' for Peanuts (1983)
Turn It Up! (1984)
Very Touchy Subject (1985)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Wildlife (1987)
The Mall from Outer Space (1987)
The Family Man (1988)
The Accident (1988)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Beyond the Reef (1989)
Cookie (1989)
Moving Target (1989)
Home Alone (1990)
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
The Diving Bell (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The Wave (1993)
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Super Mario Brothers (1993)
Free Willy (1993)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Freaked (1993)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Good Son (1993)
Three Ninja's Kick Back (1994)
Walt Disneys Peter Pan (1994)
Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (1994)
The Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
The Pagemaster (1994)
Richie Rich (1994)
Please Don't Be Mine, Julie Valentine! (1995)
Street Fighter II (1995)
Man of the House (1995)
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill (1995)
How I Changed My Life (1995)
The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
Jumanji: Novelization (1995) (with Chris Van Allsburg)
Howl-A-Ween (1996)
Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date (1996)
aka Next to You!
Hey Dad, Get a Life! (1996)
A Horse Called Farmer (1997)
Abe Lincoln for Class President! (1997)
How I Spent My Last Night on Earth (1998)
Kidnap Kids (1998)
How I Created My Perfect Prom Date (1998)
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Y2K-9: The Dog Who Saved the World (1999)
Give a Boy a Gun (2000)
Con-Fidence (2002)
Thief of Dreams (2003)
Can't Get There from Here (2004)
Is That A Dead Dog In Your Locker? (2006)
Boot Camp (2007)
Cheap Shot (2007)
Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack? (2007)
Is That an Unlucky Leprechaun in Your Lunch? (2009)
If I Grow Up (2009)
Is That A Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny In Your Pillowcase? (2009)
Wish You Were Dead (2009)
Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag? (2009)

Collections

Disney's the Villains Collection (1993)
Disney's It's Magic!: Stories from the Films (1994) (with Richard Duke)

Series contributed to

Star Wars : 1st Person Journal - Episode 1
Anakin Skywalker (1999)

Summer Share
Shirt and Shoes Not Required (2007)

Non fiction

The Complete Computer Popularity Program (1984)
Kids' Book of Insults (1996)
Kids' Book of Gross Facts and Feats (1998)

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