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The 5th Wave (novel)

A young adult novel about surviving alien invasion waves.

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The novel follows sixteen-year-old Cassie, her brother Sam, and their father after they survive the first four waves of an alien attack.[1] The 5th Wave initiates a sequence of three novels.[2] Both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus gave the novel starred reviews.[3]

Making and release

The 5th Wave was written by Rick Yancey.[1] Its publisher is Putnam.[1] The book has 480 pages.[1] The release date was May 7, 2013.[1]

September 16, 2014 saw the publication of the series' second installment, The Infinite Sea.[2] The Last Star, the third volume, came out on May 24, 2016.[2]

What the cited sources add

A Kirkus Reviews account called the novel "nothing short of amazing".[1] The same review described the 500-plus-page novel as surging forward "full throttle with an intense, alarming tone full of danger, deceit and a touch of romance".[1] Justin Cronin of The New York Times wrote that while the plot borrows from pop culture sources, it is a "rip-roaring setup" where "the pages turn themselves".[3] Critic Katherine Schulten listed it as one of the best young adult books of 2013.[3]

References

  1. "THE 5TH WAVE by Rick Yancey Kirkus Reviews", Kirkus Reviews, 6 March 2013. facts only, no text reused. kirkusreviews.com
  2. Wikipedia, "The 5th Wave (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brissey, "'The Infinite Sea': Watch the trailer for Rick Yancey's '5th Wave' sequel", 4 September 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "The 5th Wave (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Children's Book Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey", Publishers Weekly; "THE 5TH WAVE by Rick Yancey Kirkus Reviews", Kirkus Reviews, 6 March 2013; Cronin, "When the Ship Comes In", The New York Times, 19 May 2013; Schulten, "What Are the Best Things You've Read, Watched, Heard or Played This Year?", The Learning Network, 4 December 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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