The 5th Wave — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceCentral
- Scary contentCentral
- ProfanitySupporting
- Sexual contentBrief
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- Religion
- Race & culture
- Climate
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
A USA Today bestseller
Winner of the 2014 Red House Children's Book Award
2014 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year
A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."--Entertainment Weekly
The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic New York Times bestselling series debut from award-winning author Rick Yancey.
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.
"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."--Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review
"A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . . should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires."--USAToday.com
Books in the series:
The 5th Wave (The First Book of The 5th Wave)
The Infinite Sea (The Second Book of The 5th Wave)
The Last Star (The Third Book of the The 5th Wave)
Frequently asked questions
Is The 5th Wave appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The story has constant violence: an alien attack that killed billions, executions, shootings, and teens forced to kill at a distance and up close. The story is intense and frightening throughout, with an alien invasion, genocide, constant danger, and an atmosphere of fear and distrust.
Does The 5th Wave have violence?
Found (Central): The story has constant violence: an alien attack that killed billions, executions, shootings, and teens forced to kill at a distance and up close.
Does The 5th Wave have scary content?
Found (Central): The story is intense and frightening throughout, with an alien invasion, genocide, constant danger, and an atmosphere of fear and distrust.
Does The 5th Wave have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The 5th Wave have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The 5th Wave have profanity?
Found (Supporting): The parents' guide reports multiple uses of mild and strong swear words, including two or three uses of the f-word in intense scenes.
Does The 5th Wave have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The 5th Wave have sexual content?
Found (Brief): Cassie and Evan make out and share an intimate experience short of intercourse, and Cassie wonders about his past sex life and about being touched.
Does The 5th Wave have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The 5th Wave have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
