I am number four breaks new ground in fantasyalienscifi fiction and while aimed at a young. The navigator, this novella picks up with lexa shortly after the mogadorians raided her hideout and murdered her friend. The first novel of the series was released in 2010. Parents need to know that i am number four is the first book in the lorien legacies series. Now john, six, and sam are on the run to avoid the mogadorians, leaving. Could you see i am number four being made into a movie or a tv series. I am number four is the the first book in the lorien legacies series. Pdf i am number four lorien legacies book 1 download.
I am number four, which is already being made into a steven. Everything felt so real for me that sometimes i simply forget the fact that this is. Number four aka john smith, goes to an ordinary american high school and duly develops the power to. It is also hinted that he may be somewhat of a religious figure. However, i kept listening because despite all of that it was entertaining and kept me engaged. This is the first of a slated multi book series that, judging by this first book, will help reinvigorate a. But the mogadorians found them and followed them here. All we know is that mogadorians have offed numbers one through three, and number fours up next.
The mogadorian caught number one in malaysia, number two in england, and number three in kenya. Read i am number four lorien legacies book 1 online, read in mobile or kindle. John is fourth in line of the nine garde children who. A version of henri appeared in the 2011 film adaptation of i am number four, portrayed by timothy olyphant. It is revealed in fives legacy that he is thirteen. The novel is written by james frey and jobie hughes.
Trying to stay a step or two ahead of death, four and his guardian, henri, arrive at the hamlet of paradise, ohio, and settle in for what they hope will be a long, quiet stay. The nook book ebook of the i am number four collection. This is the first of a slated multi book series that, judging by this first book, will help reinvigorate a traditional ya genre thats grown a bit. Lorien legacies is a series of young adult science fiction books, written by james frey, jobie hughes, and formerly, greg boose, under the collective pseudonym pittacus lore. Only at the end, as expected, do readers get the allout alien slugfest. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. Perfect for fans of the hunger games i am number four is the first book in pittacus lores lorien legacies series and is now a major disney film. Movies are incredibly hard to make, and in general there is a lot that can be forgiven in the face of what a film is offering.
In this explosive onehundredpage prequel companion novella to the new york times bestselling i am number four series, uncover the truth behind number fives unknown history with the mogadorians. Ive been reading all had a break in the action somewhere that made a good stopping point for me to jump back into the real world. Lorien legacies book 1 the lorien legacies by lore, pittacus isbn. I am number four is a movie, but yes i think the rest of the books should be turned into a movie as well. Though the mishmash of genres keeps i am number four from any real complexity, the various elements seem to blend together quite well. In order to read online or download i am number four ebooks in pdf, epub, tuebl and mobi format, you need to create a free account.
As the title of i am number four indicates, john is a fourth target, and as the film begins, number three suffers a dreadful death. Number four john smith the lorien legacies wiki fandom. Since johns grandfather died in battle, henri is really the closest and only thing that john has to a real family. It is narrated by number four, who is the main protagonist in the series.
In the novels prologue, the mogadorians find and kill number three. Later in the book, nine and four open a tablet which shows all the garde. It introduces readers to the loric, a nearly extinct race of extraterrestrials, due to a deadly battle with their enemiesthe mogadorians, with the few survivors being nine teenagers and their corresponding guardians, cepans. He was assigned to number four at an unusually young age and was ordered to protect him as part of pittacus evacuation protocol. Number four, more commonly known as john smith, is the titular character of i am number four, the main protagonist in the lorien legacies series, and a recurring character in the lorien legacies reborn series. I am number four novel the lorien legacies wiki fandom. Caruso, i am number four is a high school movie with a dollop of science fiction. I am number four is the first book in the lorien legacies series. Published in 2010, it had the film rights picked up by dreamworks over a year before it was even released.
The very real lords resistance army lra of uganda and south sudan was featured in. Pdf i am number four ebooks includes pdf, epub and. I am number four follows the story of john smith, a 15year old alien from the planet lorien, and his guardian, henri, as they run from the mogadorians, another race of aliens that are hunting down john and the other eight teenage loriens, who all make up the garde, living on earth. I am number four lorien legacies book 1 and millions of other books are. Currently, i am number four has spent five weeks on the new york times bestseller list in the childrens books category. Determined to get her revenge but knowing she cant take the mogs head on, lexa goes in search of a weapon that just might help her do some real damage.
I am number four was released in theaters on february 18th 2011. Get access the book, i am number four, is a science fiction novel written james frey and jobie hughes under the pen name of pittacus lore. The fallen legacies am number four is a breathless pageturner of a scifi novel that will have readers rooting for the teen alien who must unleash his fire power to save himself, his human friends, and the planet. And whats even scarier is that the author claims to. He is found by john, six and sarah in arkansas after five burns a crop with his symbol and writes a message where to find him.
John survives, though he is very weak, and the mogadorians are defeated. Despite not having time to watch the film yet, i would say the book might be as good as the film or perhaps even better. I am number four opens a decade after the lorien ship lands. I am number four is a young adult scifi novel written by pittacus lore, the pen name of james frey of a million little pieces infamy and jobie hughes. Number four aka john smith, goes to an ordinary american. The chicago tribune said, theres genuine suspenseits easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic booksbut we are real. Download i am number four lorien legacies book 1 ebook free in pdf and epub format. The new action and romance science fiction film, i am number four, is based off the bestselling book series of the same title by james frey and jobie hughes under the penname pittacus lore. It has huge gaping holes in its plot, and it made me role my eyes a lot.
I am number four begins as a man and a boy rest in a remote african hut. This story is about a fifteenyearold alien boy named john smith who travels to earth from a distant planet named lorien. Henri helps to teach john about his past life on lorien and helps john train for his fight with the mogadorians. This time, though, hes starting to feel like a real teenager, which means. I am number four which spent seven weeks in the top position of the new york times bestselling list.
The first book gives its name to the i am number four series. Before number four, there were one, two, and three. In rural ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteenyearold who has hidden on earth for ten years waiting to develop the legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving garde members and fight the mogadorians who destroyed their planet, lorien. And how does she know so much about the mogadorians. I am number four i hate how much i enjoyed this book.
This is more than true but next to focussing on number four there is much more. This aliensonearth scifi tale focuses as much on high school social life as it does on one good teen aliens fight for survival. Once we have vanquished the mogadorians, maybe that is what he. I am number four is a flashy, lunkheaded scifi extravaganza sure to appeal to teenagers who like their interplanetary warfare bloodless, their highschool soaps squeakyclean and their. It follows number four in his struggle to blend in with the human species. He is the author of the great book, a mogadorian bible of sorts. Mogadorians are one of three known intelligent beings in the galaxy. Reading this book was the best thing as i have never been intrigued to a scifi book before. There are currently two more book in publication the rise of nine.
In this spectacular onehundredpage companion novella to the new york times bestselling i am number four series, learn how loric hacker lexa became the shadowy figure known as guard. I am number four is a fridaynight date movie for american teenagers a few laughs, a few frights, some big guns and special effects and a cast of cute, young, barely known actors to keep the. Fives legacy finds number five entering the ranks of the mogadorian army. I am number four is a breathless pageturner of a scifi novel that will have readers rooting for the teen alien who must unleash his fire power to save himself, his human friends, and the planet. The book was published by harpercollins on august 3, 2010. The real issue with i am number four is that it so obviously reads as pandering.
Number three who unfortunately was murdered by the mogadorians prior to the events of i am number four had a brown complexion. I am number four is a young adult science fiction novel by pittacus lore the pseudonym of james frey and jobie hughes and the first book in the lorien legacies series. Publishers weekly 19 jul 2010 in this actionpacked but formulaic novel, first in the lorien legacies series, john smith appears to be a normal american teenager, living in ohio with his father. It was optioned by steven spielberg for dreamworks, and the movie is. Henri have been forced to flee the mogadorians following the death of number three. They kill the man with a long sword made of a shining white metal not. I am number four is a young adult science fiction novel by pittacus lore and the first book in.