Strasser's novel won the 1981 Massachusetts Book Award for Children's/Young Adult Literature.
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The Question and Answer section for The Wave is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Christy has a flashback in Chapter Four of a previous project her husband was involved in. She remembers how the project became his whole world at the expense of everything else. Mr. Ross becomes easily obsessed with ideas.
The discipline created by the concept of strength in community decreased chaos and allowed the students who were previously isolated to be a part of the team.
Carl Block is the investigative reporter for The Gordon Grapevine. He is good friends with Alex and is among the first students to become uncomfortable with The Wave.
