November 1

‘I Am Number Four’ by Pittacus Lore

This time in Literature Circles my group of friends and I decided to choose a book named I Am Number Four. This book is about an alien boy named Daniel Jones. He has to escape from his killers and fears, so Daniel and his bodyguard named Henri move to Earth. He has to keep a low profile and change his name to John Smith. He moves to Ohio and soon after decides to go to school. He then meets a girl named Sarah with whom he is deeply in love, but he doesn’t show it.

That was just a short summary of the first couple of chapters, but what amazes me is that it shows many genres in just a short amount of time: there’s romance, action and sc-fi and the list goes on.

This book is great for all ages to read, and suits almost every genre. Another good point about this book is that on one hand Daniel Jones is an alien killing machine and on the other hand John Smith is a kind, gentle, loving person. It’s hard for him to live two lives and have two personalities at the same time without anyone knowing who he really is. He has to hide his powers and only use them for dangerous encounters.

This book obviously has its low points, which are that the story is a bit cliché and you can sometimes predict what’s going to happen next, however there are a lot of great points that make up for those mistakes. My group and I loved this book and enjoyed working together. I hope to read another book like this one, and I would highly recommend that people read this book.

By Ryan year 9

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Hunted down by the Mogadorians, nine escaped to earth.

“Number one was killed in Malaysia, number  two was murdered in England and number three was hunted down in Kenya.”(Book cover). Number Four is next. Taking the name John Smith, Four has to hide from the Mogadorians.

I Am Number Four” is a thrilling story about Four, an alien from Lorien on the run being hunted down by the Mogadorians. He takes the name John Smith and moves into Ohio to avoid the Mogadorians.

I really like this book because of the pace. The book did not have any slow paced parts. I kept on reading the book because we know that Four needs to be killed because he is next in order. This book will keep you wondering how it’s going to end. The book has a theme of bullying and romance. Four has a relationship with Sarah Haart. This relationship causes a rivalry with Mark James and creates a theme of bullying.

Overall, I liked the book. I would recommend this book to boys and girls between ages 12-18. This book would suit people who like aliens, school life and suspense. Over all I like the book and I would recommend this book to any one in the teenage age group. Markus, Year 9

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There were nine of them, now six. They escaped from Lorien, their home planet, fled to earth, now being hunted. Interested yet? If not, go pick up this book. I guarante you will be hooked on this action packed science fiction/fantasy novel.

The storyline of this novel is a very broad, yet basic idea for a science fiction/fantasy novel. It is about a planet called Lorien, which is then invaded by the Mogadorians who are after Lorien’s resources. Only a few escape the planet and flee to earth; nine people who are supposed to defeat the Mogadorians and rebuild the planet of Lorien. The main characters consist of Number 4 and Henri. Number 4 comes from his number in the list of 9. He is Number 4, the hero, a blonde haired boy who is constantly on the move from the Mogadorians, a clique. He never knew his parents. He is supposed to hone his skills and learn about his abilities and powers and eventually meet the other 8 people with powers and defeat the Mogadorians.

On Number 4’s journey he meets friends who, after they figure out what he is capable of, help him to hone his skills. Henri is Number 4’s caretaker as you might call it. He is there to protect and look after Number 4. Henri is also to help teach Number 4 about his powers, and teach him about their planet’s history and what 4 is supposed to do.

This novel didn’t interest me at first mainly because I am not a big reader. But looks were deceiving and it had me hooked from the first page till the end. I liked this book because the story was extremely gripping and I didn’t want to put the book down because I just wanted to keep finding out what was going to happen.

I would recommend this book to a teenage audience because it has many things a teenager could relate to, such as high school relationships and bullying. But it also has other themes that could keep a teenager interested, such as the action from the fights. Overall I would rate this 4 out of 5 mainly because not every type of audience could relate to it.

Adam, Year 9.

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Posted November 1, 2012 by marjk in category Mystery, Student Reviews

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