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The Wave
Contributor(s): Strasser, Todd (Author)
ISBN: 0440993717     ISBN-13: 9780440993711
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
OUR PRICE:   $8.09  
Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: September 1981
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Annotation: "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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying
- Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 770
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" (0.15 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
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.