Summary Of Todd Strasser's The Wave

The Wave, a novel by Todd Strasser (published in 1981) is based off of The Third Wave experiment by Ron James, which was inspired by Nazism. The setting of the novel takes place in Gordan High School 1969. Four main characters of the wave include: Ben Ross (“an outstanding young teacher”), Laurie Saunders (“a pretty girl with short brown hair and an almost perpetual smile”), David Collins (“ a tall, good looking boy who was the running back on the football team”), and Robert Billings (“ a heavy boy with shirt tails perpetually hanging out and his hair was always a mess”). The story of the Wave all began in a high school history class taught by Mr. Ben Ross who attempts to teach his class about how living in Germany during World War II