Name: The Wave
ISBN: 9780440993711

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

When Groups Gather

A classroom experiment turns peer pressure into a tense look at how movements take hold.

Come here for

The uneasy pull of discipline, community, and action
A sharp classroom lens on historic forces

Expect

A true incident reimagined as a sustained narrative
Momentum that grows from one classroom to an entire school

Book Details

Authors: Todd Strasser
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: September 15, 1981
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Peer Pressure for Teens · Bullying for Teens
Reading lane: Peer Pressure for Teens

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Publisher Categories

YA Dystopian Fiction
School Stories for Teens
Bullying for Teens

About This Book

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1967. 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 o...

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The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1967. 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.