Todd Strasser - Free Library Land Online - Sequential Art https://sequential-art.library.land/ ru Todd Strasser - Free Library Land Online - Sequential Art DataLife Engine Summer of '69 https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/508613-summer_of_69.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/508613-summer_of_69.html Summer of '69
Drawing from his teenage years, Todd Strasser's novel revisits a tumultuous era and takes readers on a psychedelically tinged trip of a lifetime. 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 undeniably alluring) Tinsley, who seems determined to test Lucas's resolve to stay faithful to Robin; a frighteningly bad trip at a Led Zeppelin concert; a run-in with an angry motorcycle gang; parents who appear headed for a divorce; and a friend on the front lines in 'Nam who's in mortal danger of not making it back. As the pressures grow, it's not long before Lucas finds...]]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:14:35 +0200 The Good War https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/583204-the_good_war.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/583204-the_good_war.html The Good War
From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together—and then torn apart—by an afterschool club that plays a video game based on WW2.
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 afterschool club change the way the students see eachother...and how they see the world?
"By using a gaming lens to explore the students’ entrée to prejudice and radicalization, he succeeds in lending immediacy and accessibility to his cautionary tale."—Kirkus...]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:26:06 +0200 If I Grow Up https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60315-if_i_grow_up.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60315-if_i_grow_up.html If I Grow Up
"WHEN YOU GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS, THERE WERE NO CHOICES. NO GOOD ONES, AT LEAST."
In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Many teenagers drop out of school and join gangs, and every kid knows someone who died. Gunshots ring out on a regular basis. DeShawn is smart enough to know he should stay in school and keep away from the gangs. But while his friends have drug money to buy fancy sneakers and big-screen TVs, DeShawn's family can barely afford food for the month. How can he stick to his principles when his family is hungry? In this gritty novel about growing up in the inner city, award-winning author Todd Strasser opens a window into the life of a teenager struggling with right and wrong under the ever-present shadow of gangs.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:09:53 +0200 Kill You Last https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60300-kill_you_last.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60300-kill_you_last.html Kill You Last
]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:09:50 +0200 Help! I'm Trapped in a Supermodel's Body https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60313-help_im_trapped_in_a_supermodels_body.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60313-help_im_trapped_in_a_supermodels_body.html Help! I'm Trapped in a Supermodel's Body

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Supermodel Lanny Shanks is coming to town for a photo shoot. The whole school is excited‹even Principal Blanco. By winning a contest, Jake Sherman lands a job as Lanny1s personal assistant. But when Jake accidentally switches bodies with her, he can1t get used to starving all the time, and his new blonde hair is always in his way. Worst of all, he must ward off the principal1s advances!
]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:09:52 +0200 sidewayz glory https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60301-sidewayz_glory.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60301-sidewayz_glory.html sidewayz glory
]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:09:51 +0200 The Beast of Cretacea https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60314-the_beast_of_cretacea.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60314-the_beast_of_cretacea.html The Beast of Cretacea
When seventeen-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. But Ishmael isn't on Cretacea to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He's here to work, risking his life to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. Even though easy prey abounds, time and again the chase boat crews are ordered to ignore it in order to pursue the elusive Great Terrafin. It's rumored that the ship's captain, Ahab, lost his leg to the beast years ago, and that he's now consumed by revenge. But there may be more to Captain Ahab's obsession. Dark secrets and dangerous exploits swirl around the pursuit of the beast, and Ishmael must do his best to survive—if he can.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:09:52 +0200 Famous https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60310-famous.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60310-famous.html Famous
A teenage paparazzo makes a dangerous discovery in this timely look at celebrity that is likely to be snapped up and make a lasting impression (School Library Journal). All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to take pictures of celebrities...and maybe to become famous herself. Shes only fourteen, but already her work is sought after by fanzines and websites, and shes invited to all the best parties. And now she has the chance of a lifetime: She has been invited to spend a week with Willow Twine, taking pictures of the teen superstars new chaste life. But when Jamie gets her hands on some sensational shots of Willow, shes suddenly in over her head. The pictures could make her careerand destroy Willows. It seems like everyones eager to get their hands on the photos, and Jamie has to decide what she really wants...and what shes willing to pay to get it.]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:09:52 +0200 Price of Duty https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60306-price_of_duty.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60306-price_of_duty.html Price of Duty
]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:09:51 +0200 Blood on My Hands https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60303-blood_on_my_hands.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60303-blood_on_my_hands.html Blood on My Hands
]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:09:51 +0300 Help! I'm Trapped in My Sister's Body https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60308-help_im_trapped_in_my_sisters_body.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60308-help_im_trapped_in_my_sisters_body.html Help! I'm Trapped in My Sister's Body

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With his on-line pen pal Sumi coming for a visit, Jake Sherman worries because he has led her to believe that he is a star athlete and exchanges bodies with the only athlete in the family, his sister, Jessica, with chaotic results.
]]> Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:09:52 +0200 Cut Back https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60307-cut_back.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60307-cut_back.html Cut Back
Impact Zone: The most dangerous part of the waveYou gotta beat it...or you'll eat it. Ever since he went up against the locals and broke into the lineup, Kai has had his own crew. Spazzy is a summer kid with a lot of fancy gear. He looks like a total shubee. But on the board he's good, really good -- despite everything going against him. The Spazz wants to be in the local competition, but he can't do it without Kai. Kai knows there's no way Spazzy can win against Lucas, the local hero. But Kai would never let a brah down....]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:09:51 +0200 Wish You Were Dead https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60299-wish_you_were_dead.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60299-wish_you_were_dead.html Wish You Were Dead
]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:09:50 +0300 The Wave https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60318-the_wave.html https://sequential-art.library.land/todd-strasser/60318-the_wave.html The Wave
This novel dramatizes an incident that took place in a California school in 1969. A teacher creates an experimental movement in his class to help students understand how people could have followed Hitler. The results are astounding. The highly disciplined group, modeled on the principles of the Hilter Youth, has its own salute, chants, and special ways of acting as a unit and sweeps beyond the class and throughout the school, evolving into a society willing to give up freedom for regimentation and blind obedience to their leader. All will learn a lesson that will never be forgotten.

From the Publisher

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 when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action, " sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of "The Wave" and realize they must stop it before it's too late.

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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 when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action, " sweeps from the classroom through the entire school. And as most of the students join the movement, Laurie Saunders and David Collins recognize the frightening momentum of "The Wave" and realize they must stop it before it's too late.
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