Новинки Тодда Штрассера

Тод Штрассер (род.1950) — американский писатель, журналист, автор более 120 произведений для детей и подростков. Всемирная известность пришла к автору после выхода его книги «Волна», которая произвела эффект разорвавшейся бомбы. Книга основана на реальных событиях, произошедших в 1967 году в одной из школ маленького калифорнийского городка. Учитель истории Бен Росс ставит социальный эксперимент, чтобы в игровой форме показать подросткам, что такое нацизм. Сначала все выглядело как непривычное и увлекательное приключение, игра в дисциплину и коллективизм. Однако спустя всего несколько дней Бен Росс осознает, что его ученики, по сути, превратились в образцовых граждан тоталитарного общества.

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 himself knocked so far down, it's starting to look like up to him. When tuning in, turning on, and dropping out is no longer enough, what else is there?

From award-winning author Todd Strasser comes a gripping new novel that explores the struggles of war, the price paid by those who fight in them, and what it really means to be a hero.

Jake Liddell is a hero.

At least, that’s what everyone says he is. The military is even awarding him a Silver Star for his heroic achievements—a huge honor for the son of a military family. Now he’s home, recovering from an injury, but it seems the war has followed him back. He needs pills to get any sleep, a young woman is trying to persuade him into speaking out against military recruitment tactics, and his grandfather is already urging him back onto the battlefield. He doesn’t know what to do; nothing makes sense anymore.

There is only one thing that Jake knows for certain: he is no hero.

В одній із американських шкіл учитель історії Бен Росс розповідає учням, що таке нацизм. Він демонструє кадри кінохроніки, на яких показано "сталеву ходу" фашизму в Європі — з її вождями, концтаборами та мільйонами жертв. Тема неабияк зацікавила учнів: як таке могло статися? Чому мільйони німців повірили у фюрера?

У школі під впливом уроку зароджується, як своєрідна гра, організація "Хвиля", що сповідує начебто благородні виховні цілі. Це дає попервах позитивні результати: покращується успішність та дисципліна. Але поступово ситуація в школі виходить із-під контролю…

В одній із американських шкіл учитель історії Бен Росс розповідає учням, що таке нацизм. Він демонструє кадри кінохроніки, на яких показано «сталеву ходу» фашизму в Європі — з її вождями, концтаборами та мільйонами жертв. Тема неабияк зацікавила учнів: як таке могло статися? Чому мільйони німців повірили у фюрера?
У школі під впливом уроку зароджується, як своєрідна гра, організація «Хвиля», що сповідує начебто благородні виховні цілі. Це дає попервах позитивні результати: покращується успішність та дисципліна. Але поступово ситуація в школі виходить із-під контролю…

When seventeen-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this faraway planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. But Ishmael isn’t there to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He’s there to work, risking his life to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send…

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.

Тод Штрассер (род.1950) — американский писатель, журналист, автор более 120 произведений для детей и подростков. Всемирная известность пришла к автору после выхода его книги «Волна», которая произвела эффект разорвавшейся бомбы. Книга основана на реальных событиях, произошедших в 1967 году в одной из школ маленького калифорнийского городка. Учитель истории Бен Росс…

What if the bomb had actually been dropped? What if your family was the only one with a shelter?

In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about. But Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst. As the neighbors scoff, he builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it with just enough supplies to keep the four of them alive for two critical weeks. In the middle of the night in late October, when the unthinkable happens, those same neighbors force their way into the shelter before Scott’s dad can shut the door. With not enough room, not enough food, and not enough air, life inside the shelter is filthy, physically draining, and emotionally fraught. But even worse is the question of what will — and won’t — remain when the door is opened again. Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, ruthlessly yet sensitively exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history.

What if the bomb had actually been dropped? What if your family was the only one with a shelter?

In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about. But Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst. As the neighbors scoff, he builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it with just enough supplies to keep the four of them alive for two critical weeks. In the middle of the night in late October, when the unthinkable happens, those same neighbors force their way into the shelter before Scott’s dad can shut the door. With not enough room, not enough food, and not enough air, life inside the shelter is filthy, physically draining, and emotionally fraught. But even worse is the question of what will — and won’t — remain when the door is opened again. Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, ruthlessly yet sensitively exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history.