<P> Set roughly in present - day Dayton , Ohio , The 5th Wave follows 16 - year - old Cassiopeia `` Cass '' Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that decimated the Earth 's population . She is headed to a `` training '' facility , in the hopes of saving her five - year - old brother , Sam , who was taken there . </P>
<P> Set roughly in present - day Dayton , Ohio , The 5th Wave follows 16 - year - old Cassiopeia `` Cass '' Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that decimated the Earth 's population . She is headed to a `` training '' facility , in the hopes of saving her five - year - old brother , Sam , who was taken there . </P>
where does cassie live in the 5th wave
where does cassie live in the 5th wave
Dayton , Ohio
Dayton , Ohio