The 5th Wave
A teen survivor of an alien apocalypse must navigate shifting truths, dangerous allies, and a mission to find her brother.
First published 2013 · The 5th Wave
Young AdultScience Fiction
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Story
Earth has been devastated by successive alien attacks, leaving Cassie Sullivan alone and on the run while trying to stay alive long enough to find her younger brother. She keeps a diary-like account of what happened before and after the invasion, using memory and present danger to piece together the world around her.
As Cassie travels through a ruined landscape, she encounters strangers whose motives are unclear, including a mysterious boy who may be her best chance at survival. Other viewpoints widen the story, showing different survivors caught in military-style training, uncertainty, and the struggle to tell human from alien.
The narrative builds through shifting perspectives, flashbacks, and converging plotlines until the larger pattern behind the invasions starts to emerge. Cassie must decide whom to trust while the next wave approaches and the fight for survival becomes a fight for what remains of humanity.
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Details
- Authors
- Rick Yancey
- First published
- 2013
- Genres
- Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy, Aliens, Romance, Post Apocalyptic, Apocalyptic
- Subjects
- Fiction · Extraterrestrial beings · Science fiction · Survival · War · War stories · YOUNG ADULT FICTION · Alien Contact · Survival Stories · Dystopian · Youth and war · Human-alien encounters · Survival skills · Brothers and sisters · Action & Adventure · Juvenile fiction · Military occupation · Imaginary wars and battles · nyt:young-adult-paperback=2015-08-30 · New York Times bestseller · Children's fiction · Extraterrestrial beings, fiction · Survival, fiction · War, fiction · Large type books · Aliens · Dystopias · Thrillers (Children's / Teenage) · Love & Romance · Suspense · nyt:young-adult=2013-05-26 · New York Times reviewed · Zhang pian xiao shuo · Spanish language materials · Fin du monde · Roman pour la jeunesse
- ISBN-13
- 9780399162411
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