The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey • Book 1 of the 5th Wave Trilogy
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."--Entertainment Weekly... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2013
Word Count 116,991
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 157995
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction
- War stories
- Survival--Fiction
- Science fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
- Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction | Alien Contact
- War
- Survival
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- War--Fiction
- Extraterrestrial beings
- Young Adult Fiction
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- Niles High School Books
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