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Todd Strasser
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Todd Strasser

Todd Strasser is the author of more than 120 novels for teens and middle graders, including If I Grow Up, Boot Camp, Can't Get There From Here, Give a Boy a Gun, the Impact Zone series, and the DriftX series. He lives in a suburb of New York and... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. Surfing.
Learn more about Todd Strasser
My life in 8 words: "Waiting and wondering what will happen next _________________."
December 22, 2008

Young people often ask who inspired you to become a writer, or influenced you early in your so-called career. You are...
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Boot Camp will be released on March 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 10, 2012
Can't Get There from Here will be released on March 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 10, 2012
Give a Boy a Gun will be released on March 06, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Famous
Oct 22, 2011
The Shore is now available in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
The Shore will be released on July 26, 2011 in eBook
Jul 26, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Shore
Jul 21, 2011
The Shore will be released on April 26, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
The Shore is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
News:
If I Grow Up has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Famous
Jan 29, 2011
Famous is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 25, 2011
Famous will be released on January 25, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 25, 2011
News:
Boot Camp has won an award
Jan 04, 2011
Boot Camp will be released on December 14, 2010 in eBook
Dec 14, 2010
Boot Camp is now available in eBook
Dec 14, 2010

Todd Strasser Revealed

Todd Strasser Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If you wait long enough, something will happen Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. No waves Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Captain Edward John Smith "I'd turn around if I were you." Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Surfing Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. My children Learn more about Todd Strasser

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Alaska Highway News, January 27, 2012
...English class really boring. One time I finished the book we were reading for class, The Wave by Todd Strasser, and needing something else to read, I started reading the book a friend of mine was assigned for another class, The Color War. Both books...
TickerTech.com, January 20, 2012
...is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Roaring Creek Press)Kill You Last by Todd Strasser (Egmont USA) BEST PLAY Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club by Jeffrey Hatcher (Arizona Theatre Company,...
Media Bistro, January 19, 2012
...Children?s Books ? Knopf BFYR) by Kathryn Miller Haines (Macmillan Children?s Publishing Group ? Roaring Creek Press) by Todd Strasser (Egmont USA) Play Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club by Jeffrey Hatcher (Arizona Theatre Company,...
Stoughton Patch, November 21, 2011
...00pm–6:00pm The Teen Book Club Discussion will be a discussion on "Give A Boy A Gun" by Todd Strasser, Monday, Nov. 28, from 5-6 p.m. at the Stoughton Public Library for ages 12-17. Price: $0...
Morning Call, October 1, 2011
...grade 3, Farmersville Elementary •What I am reading: "Help I'm Trapped In My Sister's Body" by Todd Strasser •How is it: Great! •You'll enjoy it if you like: Sci-fi fantasy •Why I read: It keeps me from being bored. It tickles my imagination when...
Lower Hudson Online, September 23, 2011
..." Katonah: Judy Blundell, author of "39 Clues." Larchmont: Wendy Popp, illustrator of "Where the Sunrise Begins"; Todd Strasser, author of "Famous." Mamaroneck: Charise Mericle Harper, author/illustrator of "Just Grace" series. Ossining: Susanna Reich,...
IHigh.com, September 9, 2011
...List by Jennifer Brown -Hold Still by Nina LaCour -After by Amy Efaw -If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser -Muchacho by Louanne Johnson -King of the Screwups by K.L. Going -Fat Cat by Robin Brande Free Clipart (book logo) found at School Clip Art...
, September 23, 2011
...I Am The Messenger, Moneyball.5) Covers you love (or hate):Cover Love: If I Grow Up - Todd Strasser; Bases Loaded - Kirk Radomski. The Musician's Handbook - Bobby Borg.Cover Hate: Hush, Hush - Becca FitzpatrickYeah, he really does hate the Hush, Hush...
GreenBeanTeenQueen, September 13, 2011
...lots of humor and heart. Book Pairings: Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers, Help! I'm Trapped Series by Todd Strasser, The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney by Lauren BarnholdtFull Disclosure: Reviewed from finished copy sent by the publisher...
Young Adult Books-What We're Reading Now, September 9, 2011
...Famousby Todd StrasserSimon & Schuster2011259 pagesTimely, poignant, brutally honest and rife with in-your-face social commentary about America's need for celebrity gossip, Famous will resonate with teen readers. Jamie Gordon always wanted to take...
Mystery Story, September 7, 2011
...Kill You Last (The Thrillogy) (Hardcover)By Todd StrasserBuy new: $10.42First tagged by BritishBookieRelated tags: photography, murder mystery, models, secrets, secret life of american teenager, teen horror, i know what you did last summer, lois duncan,...
OurTownNY, July 6, 2011
...adult novel Dark Dude, by Oscar Hijuelos, takes readers north and back in time to 1960s East Harlem. Todd Strasser, another young adult novelist, whose recent book Famous is set on the Upper East Side, points out that while he selected the locale for...
Semicolon, July 3, 2011
...t clean up your language (best choice), just use the word already. Enough with the euphemisms!” Famous by Todd Strasser. Semicolon review here. My Life, the Theater and Other Tragedies by Allen Zadoff. Semicolon review here . 13 Little Blue...
A Fuse #8 Production, May 14, 2011
...teens, I should think. Now the special guest who wrapped up the afternoon was none other than one Todd Strasser.  Todd and I, in the interests of full-disclosure, share an agent, so that’s fun.  He’s been described as a 21st century Lois Duncan...