On October 26, award-winning children’s and teen author, Todd Strasser, will be at the Wescott Library from 3:30-5:00 p.m. for a teen writing workshop, and at the Galaxie Library from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to talk about his books and writing. The writing workshop is for ages 10-18 years old and requires registration. The talk is open to all.
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, and his most famous work The Wave.
More recently he has embarked in a new humorous direction for upper elementary and middle school readers. Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body is about a boy who by accident trades bodies with his goofy science teacher, Mr. Dirksen.
He also contributes articles to such periodicals as the New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times, and The Village Voice. He writes for television, too, and has adapted novels from movies (such as Free Willy) and TV films (such as The Wave) into well-crafted novels that children can enjoy as a reading experience.
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