The wave
Strasser, Todd1981
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When Ben shows his pupils a film about the Nazis' persecution of the Jews, they can't believe it could happen. So he introduces a new disciplinary system in an attempt to shown them how powerful group pressure can be. But things get out of hand.
Main title:
The wave / Todd Strasser.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Dell, 1981.
Collation:
143 pages ; 18 cm.
Notes:
"This work is a novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins based on a short story by Ron Jones.""Ben Ross and his history class are about to learn a lesson they will never forget."--Cover, p.4.The Wave is a 1981 young adult novel by Todd Strasser under the pen name Morton Rhue (though it has been reprinted under Todd Strasser's real name). A novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins for the movie The Wave, a fictionalized account of the "Third Wave" teaching experiment by Ron Jones that took place in a Ellwood P. Cubberley High School history class in Palo Alto, California
Audience:
Secondary
Awards:
Winner, Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult literature, 1981
ISBN:
9780440993711 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
14249
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Teenage Fiction | STRASS | Available |