No Place

The Good War

13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen

Please Don't Be Mine, Julie Valentine (Hippo)

If I Grow Up

Give a Boy a Gun

How I Created My Perfect Prom Date

Home Alone (TV and Film Tie-ins)

It's Christmastime. Your parents have just left for a month-long business trip. And your long-lost Uncle Lawrence is staying with you. Happy holidays indeed.

But Uncle Lawrence plays video games with you, flirts with your psychologist, and treats you like a real person. He also keeps a wetsuit under the bed and stays out all night. Even as you grow to love Uncle Lawrence, you suspect he might be a professional thief. What will you do if he is?

Through a heart-racing second-person narrative, Thief of Dreams stunningly depicts a boy struggling with his suspicions about a desperately needed friend. Acclaimed teen novelist Todd Strasser has created a psychological thriller that will haunt your (the reader's) dreams.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

No Place

Todd Strasser, 2014

The Good War

Todd Strasser, 2021

13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen

James Howe, Todd Strasser, Bruce Coville, 2003

Please Don't Be Mine, Julie Valentine (Hippo)

Todd Strasser, 1995

If I Grow Up

Todd Strasser, 2009

Give a Boy a Gun

Todd Strasser, 2000

How I Created My Perfect Prom Date

Todd Strasser, 1996

Home Alone (TV and Film Tie-ins)

Todd Strasser, Todd Strassner, 1990