This is book one and two of Rick Yancy's The 5th Wave trilogy. If you don't know the premise, basically it begins with what you adults hypothetically warn you about: what happens when technology and electricity cease to exist? How will you survive!? Well, that is what happens, thanks to an alien invasion. Yancy's has a really interesting interpretation of what alien life would be like, as well as the physical and psychological warfare they would bring our way. He also asks some really interesting questions about humanity. Eventually the "others" are able to make all humans paranoid of one another, sometimes even themselves, thus ensuring the destruction of mankind. Can we over come this? Do we deserve to, or are we really essentially the cockroaches of the planet? Along with a lot of good stuff to think about, Yancy creates characters that I enjoyed. Cassie labeled herself a no body in the halls of her high school, but when all of this crazy stuff started to happen, she protected herself, kept moving, kept trying, and basically became a really impressive young woman that called it like she saw it. It helped that she had a little brother to motivate her to survive, and also an on again, off again love(ish) interest. On the other hand, Ben Parish, aka Zombie, was the epitome of the high school football star/popular kid, who still tries to use his charisma and smile to get by. He provides a mother perspective and comic relief. Speaking of multiple perspectives, Yancy lets a lot of the characters take turns narrating, and that really helped me to determine how much I liked and trusted them. In my opinion, book one was superior to book two. We have both in the library. I more than likely will not read book three, but it is because I cheated and read a summary of it online. It doesn't play out like I wanted it to, so now I am pouting and refusing to read it for a while.
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Note From Ms. PIt will probably come as no surprise that I am an avid reader. I have also been spending a lot of time in the Dawn Hodges Library here at WAAS evaluating what books we can add to have students really READING. Some of you already read on your own, which is great because reading opens your mind to new ideas and possibilities you might not otherwise think of. It helps you to imagine and live in a new world for a little while, which is something we all need sometimes. Archives
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