Rick Yancey
Genre: Science Fiction
Our goal for our One Book, One School program is to encourage students to choose reading as one of their recreational activities. We look for books that make students want to turn the page and read on, and if there is a second book, to want to read that book also.
In the 5th Wave, aliens are invading the earth and killing off the population. They are doing it in waves and four waves have passed already. The few people who are left are trying to survive and plan for the 5th wave. Cassie is hiding out in the woods, trying to make her way to Wright-Patterson where she believes her little brother, Sammy, has been taken.
Although Cassie's is the main story, we also hear from Evan, another survivor who helps Cassie out, and Ben Parrish, a soldier. Their stories overlapped in a way I predicted but the outcome is not one I suspected.
One criteria we have is the book we choose should hook you within the first 75 pages. This is not that book. No matter how much I enjoyed reading The 5th Wave once I got hooked, it won't work for our purposes. Though, I can't wait to pick up The Infinite Sea in September and this time I won't wait a year to read it!
