The 5th Wave ( 457 Pages)

Rick Yancey is the author of this new view of America/Earth in the future. This is a book that I would place in the "What If?" genre. If you aren't familiar with that genre of literature, I think I may have made it up. Anyway, there are many books that fall into this category, and this one is a goody! What if earth was being monitored by beings on a different planet in a different solar system for thousands of years. These beings are much more advanced than our species, and at some point they decide that the "need earth." So they appear in the 1st wave. But they don't look any different than we do. They come in human form and many are able to enter bodies of humans without their even realizing this has happened. They book centers around a family called the Sullivans. They consist of a mother, father, daughter (Cassie) and son (Sammy).  The kids become the main characters, and it is their attempt to survive  and understand all of the very strange events that carries the book from beginning to end. Boy, I didn't want this book to end.