The 5th Wave - Softcover

Yancey, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399163891 ISBN 13: 9780399163890

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-01 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books US Remarkable. not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances ... JUST READ IT Entertainment WeeklyThe Passage meets The Hunger Games in The 5th Wave - a gripping new series from Carnegie-shortlisted Rick Yancey.THE 1st WAVETook out half a million people.THE 2nd WAVEPut that number to shame.THE 3rd WAVELasted a little longer Twelve weeks ... Four billion dead.IN THE 4th WAVE.. You cant trust that people are still people.AND THE 5th WAVENo one knows.But its coming.On a lonely stretch of highway. Cassie runs.Runs from the beings that only look human. who have scattered Earths last survivors.To stay alone is to stay alive. until she meets Evan Walker Beguiling and mysterious. Evan may be her only hope.Now Cassie must choose:.. between trust and despair. between defiance and surrender. between life and death To...

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Review:

Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances . . . JUST READ IT ( Entertainment Weekly)

Wildly entertaining... I couldn't turn the pages fast enough (Justin Cronin The New York Times)

A modern sci-fi masterpiece... should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires. ( USA Today)

Nothing short of amazing ( Kirkus (starred review))

Chilling ( Sun)

Action-packed intrigue ( MTV.COM)

This book is scary! ( Teen Now (5 starred review))

Rick Yancey knows his onions... the book packs real power ( SFX)

This is DAMN and WOW territory. Quite simply, one of the best books I've read in years (Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author)

...a twisty survival story that borrows elements from romance, horror and dystopian fiction ( Wall Street Journal)

Breathtakingly fast-paced and original, The 5th Wave is a reading tsunami that grabs hold and won't let go. (Melissa De La Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series.)

Yancey's heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big heroics and bigger surprises, is part War of the Worlds, part Starship Troopers, part Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and part The Stand . . . a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike. ( Booklist (starred review))

A fantastic read. The 5th Wave is an electrifying page-turner. (Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author)

An epic sci-fi adventure about a terrifying alien invasion. You'll read it in one sitting ( Bookseller)

A gripping SF trilogy about an Earth decimated by an alien invasion... the question of what it means to be human is at the forefront ( Publishers Weekly)

Borrow this one from your teen's nightstand while they're at school ( People Magazine)

By turns heart-pounding and contemplative . . . The 5th Wave will thrill you, chill you, and challenge you to keep the pages turning fast enough ( Hypable.com)

Utterly gripping ( Metro Herald)

High adventure with mystery and heart ( The Sunday Times)

A cut above anything else in the genre. ( Sunday Telegraph)

The pace is RELENTLESS ( Heat)

About the Author:

Rick Yancey (http://www.rickyancey.com) is the author of several adult novels and the memoir Confessions of a Tax Collector. His first young-adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, his novel, The Monstrumologist, received Michael L. Printz Honor, and the sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0399163891
• ISBN 13: 9780399163890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480