3. FACTS
▸ Name: The 5th Wave
▸ Author: Rick Yancey
▸ Category: Young adult fiction
▸ Release Date: May 8, 2013
▸ Pages: 457
▸ Chapters: 92
▸ Setting: Todays world, Ohio
▸ New York Times Bestseller
▸ There is a movie, but I don’t recommend it
4. CHARACTERS
▸ Cassie: 16 year old Protagonist
▸ Sammy: Cassie’s younger brother
▸ Evan: Saves Cassie’s life multiple
times
▸ Ben: Went to same school as
Cassie
▸ Bear: Sammy’s teddy bear
▸ Bosch: The alien leader
5. SUMMARY
▸ Aliens invade earth
▸ They send five waves to kill every human
▸ Cassie survives and fights back agains
the aliens
▸ The Aliens kidnap Cassie’s little brother
▸ She attempts to rescue him
▸ Cassie almost gets killed couple of times
▸ She meets many people on her journey,
like an former class mate and an alien…
6. WHY DID I CHOOSE
THIS BOOK
▸ It is thrilling and exciting to read
▸ It is action packet and never
gets boring
▸ It describes the hopelessness of
being trapped
▸ It contains a lot of wisdom about
how people react in desperate
situations