The Wave by Todd Strasser, Morton Rhue, Harriet Harvey Coffin (Foreword by)
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(Mass Market Paperback - New)
- Age Range: Young Adult
- Pub. Date: September 1981
- 144pp
- Sales Rank: 6,140
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- Series: Laurel-Leaf Bks.
- ISBN-13: 9780440993711
- ISBN: 0440993717
- Edition Description: New
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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 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.
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Enlightening for grown-ups tooby nyrich
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October 12, 2009: This book was assigned to my daughter for 7th Grade English and I was intrigued by its concept, so decided to read it. I have no regrets.
It is undoubtedly young reader fare, but that just makes it a quick read for grown-ups. It does not in any devalue the story contained therein. This is a lesson that adults should read as well, particularly those who blindly follow a person or an ideology without considering whether he/it is right for them or supports their values.Sometimes the simplest parable is the most powerful lesson of all.Great Bookby Lex1337
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December 26, 2008: I just finished The Wave and it was brilliant. Todd Strasser does a great job at showing how Germans might have thought during the Nazi reign and that history can always repeat itself, so we need to be careful. Nice, short read. Done in two or three hours. This is the intelligent and interesting type of book they should have you read in high school and you would actually do it.
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