

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying

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. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action," sweeps from the classroom through the entire school.

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. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: "The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.
