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The Wave

Todd Strasser

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 138 pages

Rating: 3.58 | 18233 Users | 1924 Reviews

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Title	:	The Wave
Author	:	Todd Strasser
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 138 pages
Published	:	March 2005 by Laurel Leaf Books (first published 1981)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Academic. School. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics

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The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred 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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Original Title:	The Wave
ISBN:	0440993717 (ISBN13: 9780440993711)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	David Collins, Laurie Saunders, Amy Smith, Ben Ross, Robert Billings, Christy Ross
Literary Awards:	Preis der Leseratten des ZDF (1984)

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This book is what happens when an adult who TOTALLY HAS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE, YOU GUYS tries to write a book for teenagers. It was written in 1981 and it was about an experiment gone wrong that actually happened in Palo Alto California called the Third Wave. So basically it's what happens when a high school history teacher tries to show his students that nobody's immune to fascism and introduces teh principles in his class and it catches like wild fire and suddenly the entire student body is

This book is based around a true event that happened in a Californian school which involved psychological manipulation of the students. I believe there are film adaptations of this story as well.Our main character Laurie begins to worry when a seemingly harmless movement known as the 'Wave' takes over her school. Started by a teacher who wanted to give a better idea of what it would be like to be a Nazi, the idea slowly takes hold - her schoolmates are saluting, marching and chanting. But when

So...considering that this was a prescribed book for my class this year, it wasn't bad. I'm not really a fan of short books, since they just don't provide the same experience a novel does, but this short book pleasantly surprised me. The story follows Laurie Saunders; a popular, smart student who's school life is almost perfect. She's got a nice boyfriend, she's the editor of the Gordon Grapevine, she's got an equally smart and popular best friend and school life is treating her nicely.Until the

This book is scary. Honestly.It's not a horror story, it's not the kind of novel where monsters come jumping out the closet; or at least not the green googley-eyed kind. This is a true story which I was told not to read because the subject matter was too old for me.When I first read The Wave, I had no comprehension of why it was scary. Bad things happened, but it was more or less ok in the end. It wasn't until I was older, and had a better grasp of world history, social psychology, and a true

Have you ever finished a book and thought, Wait, wheres the rest of it? It cant be over? I still have so many questions! That was me with this book.The Wave is a fictionalization of a real-life experiment that took place in a California high school in the 1960s. A history teacher wanted to help his students understand why the Germans went along with Hitlers plan during WWII. Why didnt more people resist Hitler? The teacher invented a game that he called The Wave. (In real life, it was called The

This book was recommended to me by a student I tutor in math. The version I have has the author's real name, Todd Strasser. It is accessible and relevant to all ages, although it is clearly geared toward young adults. In a sentence, the book explores the ease with which groups fall into extreme and destructive social dynamics and mindsets. The setting is a high school class studying the Nazis and skeptical about how the German populace able to follow such an evil political movement. Surprise!

I have wanted to read this book since seeing the movies a few years ago. In terms of plot it is alright, detailing a school's rapid descent into blind and hurtful obedience under the pretext of unity, equality, and action. But the writing is tepid at best.The fact that it is based on a true story is the only reason to read it.