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The Wave

(Laurel Leaf Books)

By Todd Strasser

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| Paperback | 9780440993711

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Book Description

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 introduceContinue

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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  • I had to read this as an English Project and was expecting it to be very dull when I found out it was based on a true story however it wasn't that bad of a book. However I don't think that I would have bought it myself mainly dues to the unattractive cover and it shortness.

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    Bennettthemachine said on Aug 14, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • An experiment wich goes too far

    The wave is a nice book to read and is quite interesting. An experiment which went too far, sounds not crazy, but if you read, you'll find that this will be dangerous and scary.
    That kind of experiment is really good for us to understand how NAZI work, but be careful not to become the second Hitler ... (continue)

    The wave is a nice book to read and is quite interesting. An experiment which went too far, sounds not crazy, but if you read, you'll find that this will be dangerous and scary.
    That kind of experiment is really good for us to understand how NAZI work, but be careful not to become the second Hitler and Mr Gabondi had almost been him. How dangerous...

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    Lionel Zuo said on Mar 3, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • Very interesting

    This book develops a very good idea in a not-so-clever story-line. I found dialogues functional but artificial. They seems to have been constructed in order to keep the story going, they are often superficial and naif. It's a pitty that such an innovative story has been so wasted. Overall, it's a ni ... (continue)

    This book develops a very good idea in a not-so-clever story-line. I found dialogues functional but artificial. They seems to have been constructed in order to keep the story going, they are often superficial and naif. It's a pitty that such an innovative story has been so wasted. Overall, it's a nice book, but it could have been a wonderful one...

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    Geki said on Jan 31, 2010 | Add your feedback

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