In this loosely autobiographical novel, Strasser introduces 18-year-old Lucas, who is bright and sensitive but also a screw up…. Todd Strasser is an American author of more than 130 novels for adults, young-adults, and middle graders.īooklist review: 'Drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll, those hallmarks of the summer of 1969, are all here, but there's so much more.