Can't Get There from Here by Todd Strasser

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?' collection, as well as the Don't Get Caught, Against the Odds, and Camp Run-A-Muck books. His series for middle graders include the very popular 17-book Help! I'm Trapped. His books for middle-graders include CON-fidence, The Diving Bell, and Abe Lincoln for Class President. 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).

The latter also became a television movie, entitled Can a Guy Say No? 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. How I Created My Perfect Prom Date was adapted for the feature film Drive Me Crazy, starring Adrian Grenier and Melissa Joan Hart. 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. This book has been translated into more than a dozen languages and is read in schools around the world. 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. His works include Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, and Asphalt Tribe. 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.

He is the father of two children, and an avid tennis player and surfer. Rue.Īfter studying literature in college, Strasser earned his living working as a journalist, also operated his own fortune cookie company, producing cookies under the 'Dr. Todd Strasser (born 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.

Can't Get There from Here by Todd Strasser