The 5th Wave Chapter 11 Summary

  • Cassie's remembering her mother's death. Her father buried her mother in the yard.
  • Before she died, her mom told Cassie to take care of her dad.
  • Cassie watched her mom die and… it wasn't pleasant. This is a nasty virus.
  • Cassie also remembers watching her father alone in the yard with her mother's body. He cried.
  • She went out to the yard to comfort him and he told her the family was leaving the next morning. Destination: a nearby Air Force base.
  • He's not sure what they'll find at the Air Force base. He seems to have lost some of his optimism.
  • Cassie went inside to comfort her brother while her father finished the burial.