"The Crash happened in 2021. Alien space ships landed on Earth. Now the Earth is dark and cold. People are missing. Everyone has a story about that night. Everyone is in danger..." -- p. 4 of cover. "The Shadow series is set in the near future, where an alien invasion has left the Earth devastated and a mysterious organization - The Firm - holds power. This series follows the story of Matt Merton who works for The Firm and is trained to identify and hunt the enemy-the aliens among us." -- Scholastic Curriculum Resources Catalog.

This is a High interest-Low vocabulary reader at a grade 2 RL.

Contains 10 books -- Night of the Crash book #1 of the Shadows series. .