"Laurie isn't sure what to make of 'The Wave'. It had begun as a simple history experiment to liven up their World War II studies and had become a craze that was taking over their lives. Laurie's classmates were changing from normal teenagers into chanting, saluting fanatics. 'The Wave' was sweeping through the school - and it was out of control. Laurie's friends scoff at her warnings but she knows she must make them see what they have become before it's too late. This book is based on a nightmarish true episode in a Californian high school." (amazon)

The Wave is a 1981 young adult novel by Todd Strasser under the pen name Morton Rhue. It is 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 Cubberley High School history class in Palo Alto, California. The novel by Strasser won the 1981 Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult literature.
The setting of the book is Gordon High School in 1969. The plot of the book revolves around a history teacher (Mr. Ben Ross), his high school students, and an experiment he conducts in an attempt to teach them about how it may have been living in Nazi Germany. Unsatisfied with his own inability to answer his students' earnest questions of how and why, Mr Ross initiates the experiment in hopes that it answers the question of why the Germans allowed Adolf Hitler and the genocidal Nazi Party to rise to power, acting in a manner inconsistent with their own pre-existing moral values...

The Wave (original: Die Welle) is a German film based on the book The Wave which was inspired by the social experiment The Third Wave. The remake was quite successful in German cinemas, and after 10 weeks 2.3 million people had watched the film. The film was directed by Dennis Gansel and starred Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz and Frederick Lau.

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Travelling to prachitulshan, and ecuas - for his birthday!

another present from ApoloniaX and prachi who had started a surprise birthday rabck for me! ApoloniaX is just so cool...all the books I got from her are great...abt world war 2, hitler n lord of the rings!! thank you so much :-D

So I recently fished out this book from ecuas's shelf, and started reading it yesterday. I've finished it already since it was a slim book, and I'd recommend many to read it, to understand how fascist groups work...through an experiment that took place in an American high school, the dynamics of the discipline, power and brain-washing involved behind the Nazi regime in Germany is explained. Its given me food for thought and some important learnings too. And after reading the book the sticker on the front "Books change people. People change the world." makes so much sense. Thanks ApoloniaX for sending this our way...I will try and pass it on very soon!

Read this book the second time. My apologies to ApoloniaX for not journaling this earlier.

The book starts off really nicely, and I was taken into the world of the students immediately. Some books need no time to get you hooked, I feel this one is one of them.
I only wihs the characters could have been more fleshed out. Mr Ross for example. The way in which the whole idea behind the Wave was conceived could have been given more time.
After the book ended, I had a nagging feeling that something more should be revealed, the closure could have been stronger.
But overall, I liked the book a lot.

This book is back with me and is all packed and ready to continue its travels... :-)

Wishlist surprise for you! Enjoy the book! :)

What a great surprise--a wishlist book--I can't wait to read it---Thank You so much prachitulshan. It really made my day :)

This book was a fast read, and really makes one think how peoples thinking can be changed by one strong central figure.
I will be sending this on its way soon.

I am passing this along to my Mom, and then will send it on its bookcrossing journey.

I left this book on the counter in the Ladies Washroom--If you find it please enjoy :)

Found it in the ladies room @ The Egg & I. Cool concept. Hope to read it soon.