Todd Strasser

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

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...

Events leading up to a night of terror at a high school dance are told from the point of view of various people involved.

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...

"A young man, injured and home from the war, is lauded as a hero. But he doesn't feel very heroic in the face of all that he witnessed"-- Hailed as a hero, twenty-year-old Jake returns to his pro-military hometown and family injured physically and emotionally, unsure if he can return to active duty but uncomfortable with the alternative. Hailed as a hero, being considered for a Silver Star, Jake returns to his pro-military hometown and family injured...

Jake Sherman keeps relieving his first day at Camp Walton. Can he figure out what he has to do to make it stop?

Sixteen-year-old Jamie Gordon had a taste of praise and recognition at age fourteen when her unflattering photograph of an actress was published, but as she pursues her dream of being a celebrity photographer, she becomes immersed in the dark side of fame.

Presents eight scary short stories, including tales about a creepy closet door that opens by itself, a ghost train, and a boy who gets trapped in a video game.

A collection of hot-headed penguins, disrupted by global warming, takes refuge in the ice-skating rink at the Tardy Boys' school, but when the students appear and the new arrivals refuse to leave, chaos quickly ensues.

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.