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The Wave
Contributor(s): Strasser, Todd (Author), Rhue, Morton (Author), Coffin, Harriet Harvey (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0812432851     ISBN-13: 9780812432855
Publisher: Turtleback Books
OUR PRICE:   $17.94  
Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats
Published: September 1981
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Annotation: "The Wave" is based on a true incident that occurred when a teacher conductedan experiment dealing with group pressure in his classes.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 770
Series: Laurel-Leaf Books
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 138 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 31228
Reading Level: 5.2   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher 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 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.