Once she decides to stop going to the meetings, other members harass her. Not long after joining she finds the club she has joined, called "The Wave", to be highly fraternal, possibly too fraternal, and mean to students who wouldn't join. Sarah, the main character in the story, is part of a new club that has been started in her school. The Wave, a novel which looks in on a suburban Los Angeles classroom, tells a very deep story. Both A Separate Peace and The Wave have characters who become a part of a group situation and are forced to question why they're in the group and who they really are. However, when conflicts arise, difficult decisions must be made. Joining a group can be especially meaningful when a person is in search of a positive experience. O'Brien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.Everyone has a yearning to be part of something. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths.
The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. Laurie's friends scoff at her warnings but she knows she must make them see what they have become before it's too late.
'The Wave' is sweeping through the school - and it is out of control. Laurie's classmates are changing from normal teenagers into chanting, saluting fanatics. 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 isn't sure what to make of 'The Wave'. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. The Wave is based on a nightmarish true episode in a Californian high school, when a teacher wanted to demonstrate the dangers of propoganda and group-think.
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