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I Am Number Four
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Overview
I Am Number Four (2010) is the first book in the modern young adult science fiction series Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore, the pseudonym of authors James Frey and Jobie Hughes. Despite the novel’s mixed reviews, I Am Number Four spent seven successive weeks at the top of the New York Times children’s bestseller list. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 2011 by DreamWorks Pictures.
Other works by this author include The Rise of Nine and The Power of Six.
Plot Summary
I Am Number Four is told from the first-person perspective of 15-year-old Number Four (aka John Smith), an alien from the planet Lorien. The Loric race is made up of two groups: the Garde, who possess supernatural powers known as Legacies, and the Cêpan, the keepers or guardians assigned to each member of the Garde at an early age. Ten years ago, a powerful and deadly race of aliens known as the Mogadorians invaded and defeated the planet of Lorien. The nine Garde and their accompanying Cêpan escaped to Earth in hopes of one day returning to their home planet once it could again sustain life.
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