Just Finished: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

I Am Number Four is a novel based on John Smith, an alien from the planet Lorien.  John is part of a Garde sent to Earth in a desperate attempt to save his planet, and Earth.  The Garde is made up of nine teens, being hunted down by Magadorians.  The Garde's have powers, called Legacies, that form as they get older, and these special powers are the only defense they have to try to save their planet and Earth.  The Garde can only be killed in order one through nine.  The frist three are already dead, John is number four.

Throughout the book I definitely had a very difficult time putting this one down.  The book is said to be the first in a series of six written by Pittacus Lore, the pen name of  authors James Frey (infamous from the Million Little Pieces drama circa 2006) and Jobie Hughes. Dreamworks picked up the rights, and the movie just came out Feb 18th of this year.  I didn't realize this was about to be a movie, until after I began reading, I'll be interested to see if the movie can capture this book. Although today I read some reviews, which held a lot of caparisons to the CW shows like Smallville. So it's seems like the movie might be better left unseen.


This book was very interesting, and led to a satisfying ending, promising much more adventure and background information in the next installment, whenever that is coming out.  Overall I would recommend this book.  In typical young adult style it can be at time predictable, and a few of the stock characters are superficial. However story is somewhat unique and does entertain.