The Wave
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · September 15, 1981
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- Who it’s for
- A classroom experiment turns peer pressure into a tense look at how movements take hold.
- Themes
- Group pressure and conformity, Authoritarian movements
- Pacing
- Fast
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For older readers: The God Wave, Gibbon's Decline and Fall
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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 1967. 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.
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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.
When Groups Gather
A classroom experiment turns peer pressure into a tense look at how movements take hold.
Come here for
- The uneasy pull of discipline, community, and action
- A sharp classroom lens on historic forces
Expect
- A true incident reimagined as a sustained narrative
- Momentum that grows from one classroom to an entire school
Where it sits
| Peer Pressure for Teens | 88% |
|---|---|
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 54% |
| 20th-Century US YA | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Dystopian Fiction
- School Stories for Teens
- Bullying for Teens
- Authors
- Todd Strasser
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- September 15, 1981
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Group pressure and conformity · Authoritarian movements
- Reading lane
- YA Dystopian Fiction