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Todd Strasser (born May 5, 1950 in New York City, New York) is an American author of more than 130 young-adult and middle grade novels and novelizations, some written under the pen names Morton Rhue and T.S. Rue.

After studying literature in college, Strasser earned his living working as a journalist, also operated his own fortune cookie company, producing cookies under the "Dr. Wing Tip Shoo" brand name. He is the father of two children, and an avid tennis player and surfer.

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 1969, 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 Date123, 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.

Other novels for young adults include The Accident, which became the television movie Over the Limit, as well as Angel Dust Blues, Friends Till the End, and A Very Touchy Subject. The latter also became a television movie, entitled Can a Guy Say No?

Strasser has also written a number of young adult series, including Impact Zone (about surfing), Drift X (about drift car competitions), and Here Comes Heavenly (about a punk nanny with magical powers).

His books for middle-graders include CON-fidence, The Diving Bell, and Abe Lincoln for Class President. His series for middle graders include the very popular 17-book Help! I'm Trapped... collection, as well as the Don't Get Caught, Against the Odds, and Camp Run-A-Muck books. Most recently he wrote "Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker?" "Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack?" Is That a Glow-In-The-Dark Bunny in Your Pillow Case?" "Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag?" and "Is That an Unlucky Lephrecaun In Your Lunch?"

Strasser has also published articles and short stories in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times.

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This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Todd Strasser", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 392
The Shore Shirt and Shoes Not Required LB
2011 - The Shore Shirt and Shoes Not Required Lb [Laguna Beach] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781442419704
ISBN-10: 1442419709
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Boot Camp
2008 - Boot Camp (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781416959427
ISBN-10: 1416959424
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 7

Nightime  Too Scared to Sleep
2008 - Nightime Too Scared to Sleep (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439800679
ISBN-10: 0439800676
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 6

Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker
2008 - Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker [Tardy Boys, Bk 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439776943
ISBN-10: 0439776945
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 4

Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker
2008 - Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker [Tardy Boys, Bk 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780545037273
ISBN-10: 0545037271
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 13

Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack
2008 - Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack [Tardy Boys, Bk 2] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780439776950
ISBN-10: 0439776953
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 2

Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag
2008 - Is That an Angry Penguin in Your Gym Bag (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439776974
ISBN-10: 043977697X
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2

Is That a GlowintheDark Bunny in Your Pillowcase
2007 - Is That a Glowinthedark Bunny in Your Pillowcase (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439776967
ISBN-10: 0439776961
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 3

Confidence
2006 - Confidence (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780823420612
ISBN-10: 0823420612
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack
2006 - Is That a Sick Cat in Your Backpack [Tardy Boys, Bk 2] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780545037266
ISBN-10: 0545037263
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
 11

How I Changed My Life
2004 - How I Changed My Life (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780439661058
ISBN-10: 0439661056
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 7

Don't Get Caught in the Teachers' Lounge
2002 - Don't Get Caught in the Teachers' Lounge [Don't Get Caught] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439210652
ISBN-10: 0439210658
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 7

Confidence
2002 - Confidence (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780439579490
ISBN-10: 043957949X
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 4

Don't Get Caught In the Girls Locker Room
2001 - Don't Get Caught in the Girls Locker Room (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439210645
ISBN-10: 043921064X
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 3

Help I'm Trapped in a Supermodel's Body
2001 - Help I'm Trapped in a Supermodel's Body (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439210355
ISBN-10: 0439210356
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
 3

Help I'm Trapped In A Vampire's Body
2000 - Help I'm Trapped in a Vampire's Body [Help! I'm...] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439210348
ISBN-10: 0439210348
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 2

Help I'm Trapped In A Professional Wrestler's Body
2000 - Help I'm Trapped in a Professional Wrestler's Body [Help! I'm...] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439147736
ISBN-10: 0439147735
Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 3

Pastabilities
2000 - Pastabilities [Here Comes Heavenly] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780671036287
ISBN-10: 0671036289
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2

Help I'm Traped in a Professional Wrestler's Body
2000 - Help I'm Traped in a Professional Wrestler's Body (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439188531
ISBN-10: 0439188539
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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HELP I'm Trapped In a Vampire's Body
2000 - Help I'm Trapped in a Vampire's Body (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439238618
ISBN-10: 0439238617
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5

Y2K9 The Dog Who Saved the World
1999 - Y2k9 the Dog Who Saved the World (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780439142472
ISBN-10: 0439142474
Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 7

1999 - Anakin Skywalker [Star Wars Episode I: Journal Series] (Paperback)
1999 - Help I'm Trapped in a Movie Star's Body [Help! I'm Trapped...] (Paperback)
1998 - Help I'm Trapped in an Alien's Body [Help! I'm Trapped] (Paperback)
1998 - Help I'm Trapped in a Movie Star's Body [Help! I'm Trapped...] (Paperback)Hardcover
1997 - Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School Again [Help! I'm Trapped...] (Paperback)
1997 - Mutilated Monkey Meat [Camp Run-a-Muck #2] (Paperback)
1996 - How I Changed My Life [Soundview High, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1995 - Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School [Help! I'm Trapped...] (Paperback)
1993 - Summer's End [Point] (Paperback)
1993 - Summer's Promise [Lifeguards] (Paperback)
For Money and Love [Mob Princess] (Paperback)