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Ben tries to convince the other soldiers and only succeeds when one of them accidentally kills himself with a drill sergeant's device. When Ben and Ringer discover a sniper who was shooting at them is really their drill sergeant, Ben believes her. One of Ben’s soldiers, a girl called Ringer, convinces him that the soldiers at the base, including Vosch, have been lying to them. The little boy is convinced that his sister is coming to save him.Īs Ben’s training ends and he is sent on his first mission, Cassie and Evan set out to save Sammy from the military base. As he trains, Ben meets a five year old boy who is scared of everything. He wants to go out and kill the aliens who destroyed his family. Ben joins a squad and trains to be a soldier. Vosch, the camp's commander, comes to see Ben and gives him a reason to continue the fight. However, Ben is so depressed that he failed to save his sister’s life that he is slow to recover. Ben is taken to a military camp where he is given medications that cure him of the illness. Just as Ben believes he is going to die, the camp is raided by soldiers. However, Cassie soon comes to suspect Evan is a Silencer, perhaps even the Silencer who shot her.īen Parish is living in a refugee camp when he becomes ill with the Ebola virus. Cassie is rescued by a young farm boy, Evan. Cassie becomes sick as the snows begin to fall and nearly dies. However, as Cassie makes her way to the military base, she is shot in the leg by an alien hosts she refers to as Silencers. Cassie promised her little brother Sammy that she would come for him at the military base where the soldiers took him after their father's death. Ironically, before the soldiers gunned down her father, she had believed that they would save her family.Ĭassie now lives alone in the woods. During the fourth wave, her father was killed by soldiers. Cassie's mother died from the Ebola virus in the second wave. Cassie is a survivor of an alien invasion that has come in four waves. She thinks she might be the last human left on Earth. The fifth wave is just beginning as teenagers Cassie and Ben make their way separately through a world they no longer understand.Ĭassie is alone.
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Then, in the fourth wave it is discovered that some humans are hosts to the alien forms. The third wave occurs when a modified Ebola virus wipes out more than seven billion people. In the second wave, a massive bar is dropped from space that causes total destruction on every coastline in the world. During the first wave, an EMP destroys all electronics on earth. In the novel, aliens invade the earth, bringing death and destruction in five well defined waves. It's really nice to see how authors make their writing so appealing to all ages.The 5th Wave, written by Rick Yancy, is a dystopic novel that takes the genre to a new level. There is Sammy, who is 6-years-old, and he's just the most adorable character everrrr!!! I also liked how we were introduced to a lot of older and adult figures. Cassie, Evan, and Ben who are in their older teenage years. We're granted with such a bright ensemble of characters of all different ages.
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She puts her faith in trusting an alien when she knows that she shouldn't but it's the only way to save her brother. She's a strong and unwavering soul who doesn't back down from saving her brother even if it means she'll be captured and killed if she does something wrong. His characters do not disappoint and Cassie is the definition of female representation in YA literature. Or perhaps I'm a little bias after seeing the roles that were cast for the movie. And if this romance isn't enough to start a fire, I don't know what is! I know Rick Yancey is man so how can he just write about such irresistible male protagonists in the story.