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The Wave New Edition (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) - Softcover

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9780582416772: The Wave New Edition (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers))

Synopsis

The Wave started in Mr Ross's history lesson. Now it is all over the school. Everybody loves The Wave except Laurie Saunders. She liked it at the beginning but it's begun to frighten her. Can Laurie make the others see what is happening? Can anyone stop The Wave?

The Wave is a true story. The history teacher who started it said: "The Wave was the most frightening thing I ever saw in a school." Recommended for younger learners.

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About the Author

Todd Strasser is the author of more than 120 novels for young adults and middle graders. He lives in a suburb of New York. Visit him online at www.toddstrasser.com.

From the Inside Flap

"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.

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