The 5th wave : The Fifth Wave Series, Book 1.

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Label

The 5th wave : The Fifth Wave Series, Book 1.

Title remainder

The Fifth Wave Series, Book 1.

Statement of responsibility

Rick Yancey

Title variation

Fifth wave

Creator

• trueYancey, Richard, (Rick)
• Yancey, Rick

Subject

• Young Adult Fiction
• Electronic books
• trueScience fiction
• trueBooks for reluctant readers
• trueTeenagers
• trueSurvival
• Young Adult Literature
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• trueApocalyptic fiction
• Science Fiction
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueBooks to movies
• trueBrothers and sisters

Genre

• trueScience fiction
• trueApocalyptic fiction
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueBooks to movies
• Electronic books
• trueBooks for reluctant readers

Language

eng

Summary

"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."—Entertainment Weekly (Grade A) The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. "Wildly..

Member of

• true5th wave

Theme

• trueAlien invasions

Storyline

• truePlot-driven

Tone

• trueBleak
• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Award

• Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2016.
• Iowa High School Book Award, 2016.
• Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania), High School level, 2015.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), High School Books, 2016.
• South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2016.
• Westchester Fiction Award, 2014.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2014.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2014.
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2016
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Intermediate, 2016.

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

690

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

The Fifth Wave

Series volume

0001

Target audience

adolescent