Book of the Month: The 5th Wave

     This July, the book of the month is The 5th Wave! Written by Rick Yancey, this story follows sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan and her younger brother, Sammy, in the midst of an alien apocalypse. The aliens, named the Others, begin to attack Earth in waves. In the 1st Wave, they knocked out all of the power on Earth. In the 2nd Wave, they struck the Earth with massive earthquakes and tsunamis. In the 3rd Wave, they released a disease that wiped out nearly three quarters of the population. By the 4th Wave, they were among us. We called them Silencers; they killed every human they found, but they looked just like us. It is now the dawn of the 5th Wave when the military begins to collect children bringing them back to their base, including Sammy. When Cassie finds out the military is secretly the enemy, she embarks on a mission to save Sammy. Cassie soon meets the mysterious and beguiling Evan Walker who may be her only hope to rescue Sammy, if she can only trust him by knowing if he is truly human. I really enjoyed this book; I didn't think it could get better through the series! The sequel, The Infinite Sea, wasn't as good because I didn't feel that it had a big plot line; it felt as if I was just continuing the first one. The final book, The Last Star, was incredible! I didn't believe the series would get better when, with The Last Star, it did! I loved the finale and thought it was the best book in the series! Overall, I loved this series! I have read better, but I really enjoyed it. If you choose to read The 5th Wave series, I hope you like it as much as I did!
                                                           -Alexander Lilly

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