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The Wave

By Todd Strasser

By Todd Strasser

By Todd Strasser

By Todd Strasser

By Todd Strasser

By Todd Strasser

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Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307979124 | Young Adult

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Sep 15, 1981 | ISBN 9780440993711 | Young Adult

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Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307979131 | Young Adult

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    About The Wave

    This novel dramatizes an incident that took place in a California school in 1969. A teacher creates an experimental movement in his class to help students understand how people could have followed Hitler. The results are astounding. The highly disciplined group, modeled on the principles of the Hilter Youth, has its own salute, chants, and special ways of acting as a unit and sweeps beyond the class and throughout the school, evolving into a society willing to give up freedom for regimentation and blind obedience to their leader. All will learn a lesson that will never be forgotten.


    About The Wave

    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.

    About The Wave

    This novel dramatizes an incident that took place in a California school in 1969. A teacher creates an experimental movement in his class to help students understand how people could have followed Hitler. The results are astounding. The highly disciplined group, modeled on the principles of the Hilter Youth, has its own salute, chants, and special ways of acting as a unit and sweeps beyond the class and throughout the school, evolving into a society willing to give up freedom for regimentation and blind obedience to their leader. All will learn a lesson that will never be forgotten.


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    About Todd Strasser

    In his past life, Todd Strasser has been a street musician, composer, reporter, and a fortune-cookie mogul. Now an author of books for teens and middle-graders, he has written more than 140 books, including the bestselling Help! I’m Trapped In… More about Todd Strasser

    About Todd Strasser

    In his past life, Todd Strasser has been a street musician, composer, reporter, and a fortune-cookie mogul. Now an author of books for teens and middle-graders, he has written more than 140 books, including the bestselling Help! I’m Trapped In… More about Todd Strasser

    About Todd Strasser

    In his past life, Todd Strasser has been a street musician, composer, reporter, and a fortune-cookie mogul. Now an author of books for teens and middle-graders, he has written more than 140 books, including the bestselling Help! I’m Trapped In… More about Todd Strasser

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Jan 08, 2013 | 144 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307979124

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Laurel Leaf
    Sep 15, 1981 | 144 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780440993711

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Ember
    Jan 08, 2013 | 144 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307979131
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