The Wave

The Classroom Experiment That Went too Far

By: Todd Strasser

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

The Wave is based on a true incident that occurred 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 Ben 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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Excellent, everyone should read- important lesson!

Excellent, everyone should read.I love reading true stories especially when there are important lessons to learn. Narrator did a great jon with the different voices and was consistent in his volume.

Still timely, definitely a meaningful moral

Certainly interesting enough to pull me along. I think it's a desperately needed story for this time.

Wow, just wow!

This was a really great book. I would highly recommend this for any adult or teenager.

Great way to teach kids about what happened during WWII, had an insightful conversation.

Loved this book!
We were able to have insightful conversations about different countries and their governments.

A disturbing reminder

Learning about this in the 90s it felt unbelievable. After having lived through the last 5 years, I missed the luxury of having been so naive.