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By: Rick Yancey

Part of series: The 5th Wave Part 1

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  • CategoryYoung Adult
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages457
  • Published2013
  • File size2.8 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780399162411

Key ideas from the book

  • Survival becomes harder with each successive wave of the invasion.
  • Cassie must decide whether trusting someone is worth the risk.
  • Her search for a way to rescue her brother gives her a reason to keep going.
  • The story centers on choices between despair and defiance, and between surrender and survival.

About The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

After four waves have left Earth’s survivors scattered and wary, Cassie is on a lonely stretch of highway, fleeing beings who look human and kill those they find. She believes staying alone is the safest way to stay alive—until she meets Evan Walker, who may help her rescue her brother.

Published in 2013, this young adult science-fiction novel brings together alien invasion, dystopian survival and a difficult question of trust. It will suit readers drawn to post-apocalyptic settings and stories about choosing between despair and defiance.

About Rick Yancey

Rick Yancey is an American author whose novels span young adult science fiction, horror, and adventure. He is best known for The 5th Wave, a post-apocalyptic series about a teenager navigating an alien invasion, and The Monstrumologist series, which follows a young apprentice investigating monsters in the nineteenth century. His books often combine suspense and speculative ideas with questions of survival, loyalty, and growing up. The Monstrumologist was a finalist for the National Book Award…

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