The book explores themes of the teenage desire to fit in at all cost, the corruption of power, and the way history repeats itself, as well as exploring how a well-meaning experiment can create the same dangerous conditions that it intended to illustrate. The story centers around a teacher who, concerned that his students do not understand how the Nazis came to power in Germany and how easy it is for a population to get swept up by a charismatic leader preaching unity, creates a unifying salute that sweeps the school, soon getting out of control which results in the school turning on outsiders and acting like a dictatorship. Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California. Based on the teleplay for the TV movie by the same name and later adapted into novel form, it is loosely based on real events that happened at Ellwood P. The Wave is a 1981 young adult novel by American author Todd Strasser, first published under the pen name Morton Rhue.
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