THE WAVE

Morton Rhue is the pen name of successful American children''s writer Todd Strasser. Born in New York in 1950, Todd has had more than 140 children''s and young adult books published. His most well-known book is The Wave which is a fictionalized account of a fascinating teaching experiment in a California high school in 1967. It was made into a film. Todd continues to live in New York state and has a grown-up family.