This novel dramatizes an incident that took place in a California school
in 1969. A teacher creates an experimental movement in his class to help
students understand how people could have followed Hitler. The results
are astounding. The highly disciplined group, modeled on the principles
of the Hilter Youth, has its own salute, chants, and special ways of
acting as a unit and sweeps beyond the class and throughout the school,
evolving into a society willing to give up freedom for regimentation and
blind obedience to their leader. All will learn a lesson that will never
be forgotten.