The author of the powerful "Give a Boy a Gun" again focuses on an important social issue as he tells a thought-provoking, heart-wrenching story of young lives lost to the streets, and of a society that has forgotten how to care. von...

Boot Camp von Strasser, Todd

Give a Boy a Gun von Strasser, Todd

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom...

Es scheint, als hätte Dan alles: Er ist ein Baseballstar an seiner High School, bei allen beliebt und von den Mädchen begehrt. Doch dann stürzt seine Familie aus der Mittelschicht bis in die Obdachlosigkeit ab. Seine neue Adresse heißt...

When Dan and his family go from middle class to homeless, issues of injustice rise to the forefront in this relatable, timely novel from Todd Strasser that VOYA calls ?poignant,? ?darkly humorous,? and ?exceptionally...

Her street name is Maybe. She lives with a tribe of homeless teens -- runaways and throwaways, kids who have no place to go other than the cold city streets, and no family except for one another. Abused, abandoned, and forgotten, they...

Callie Carson is happy--she finally got an invite to one of the coolest parties of the year. But her night with the inner circle quickly ends when she makes a horrifying discovery: her friend Katherine has been killed. von Strasser, Todd

"[H]aunting and harrowing." —Booklist (starred review) "Vivid, distressing, and all too real." —Kirkus Reviews In this 20th anniversary edition of Todd Strasser's gut-wrenching and critically acclaimed Give a Boy a Gun, two boys bring...

The author of the powerful "Give a Boy a Gun" again focuses on an important social issue as he tells a thought-provoking, heart-wrenching story of young lives lost to the streets, and of a society that has forgotten how to care. von...

"[H]aunting and harrowing." —Booklist (starred review) "Vivid, distressing, and all too real." —Kirkus Reviews In this 20th anniversary edition of Todd Strasser's gut-wrenching and critically acclaimed Give a Boy a Gun, two boys bring...

Fifteen-year-old Garrett is kidnapped and sent to a disciplinary boot camp, where he is subjected to physical and psychological abuse. Award-winning author Strasser offers a sobering glimpse at what really goes on behind closed doors....