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    I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Legacies Reborn
    I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Legacies Reborn
    I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Legacies Reborn
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    I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Legacies Reborn

    By Pittacus Lore

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    In this game-changing 100-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, the Mogadorian invasion of Earth has begun and one teenager's life will be forever changed.

    At first, Daniela Morales thought the spaceship attacking New York City on the television was just part of some science fiction movie. Then the horrible truth became clear: it was happening in real life. Aliens do exist, and they were invading the planet.

    Unable to reach her mother, Daniela makes it her mission to get to her mom's job downtown to find her. But with the city under fire, trying to make it from her apartment in Harlem to the Financial District proves nearly impossible—until Daniela makes an incredible discovery. When a squad of Mogs get the jump on her, she is somehow able to throw them across the street, using telekinesis. Daniela doesn't know where this power came from or why she suddenly has it, but she is sure as hell going to use it. Aliens are tearing up her city and she'll destroy every last one of them that gets in her way. But when she comes face-to-face with the Garde, will she be a friend or a foe?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 24, 2015
    ISBN9780062387684
    I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Legacies Reborn
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    Pittacus Lore

    Pittacus Lore is Lorien's ruling Elder. He has been on Earth preparing for the war that will decide Earth's fate. He finished recounting the story of the invasion of Earth in the I Am Number Four series and is now ready to tell another story. His whereabouts are unknown.

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    • 4/5
      Nine children and their guardians have been sent to Earth because their planet was destroyed by the Mogadorians. The Mogadorians have followed them, so the children and guardians must be constantly vigilant. Thanks to a charm placed on them, the Mogadorians can only kill the children in order. The first 3 are dead. Now they are coming after number 4.
    • 4/5
      John and Henry have been living on the run since they arrived on Earth 10 years ago. Constantly watching for signs and leaving at a moments notice. Of the 9 children that were on the flight from Lorien, John is number 4.They caught Number One in Malaysia.Number Two in England.And Number Three in KenyaThe Modagorians must kill each child in their proper order and John is next. I thought this was great read and I gobbled it up and ran out to buy the second in the series. I found myself loving John and the people he ended up surrounding himself with. There was a scene when he stands up to a bully and kicks ass and I was rooting for him! 4* and recommended!
    • 1/5
      I really tried but I did not enjoy this book... I kept waiting for it to get good but it never did.
    • 3/5
      I'm still debating whether I like he movie or the book more. I found the first 150-200 pages of the book utterly boring, however I could not put it down no matter how hard I tried for the last 100 pages. The suspenseful points in there book were ruined by foreshadowing and common sense, even without the background of the movie you had a window into what was going to happen next in what would have otherwise been suspenseful points of the book.

      If you have already seen the movie and left wanting more, definitely read the book and stay tuned for the next book (The Power of Six). I feel that Pittacus Lore is a good story teller and the next book will no doubt be good especially since you won't have the boring introduction into the characters unique lives.
    • 4/5
      So I'm torn on this. After I started reading the book, I learned that James Frey (yes THAT James Frey) was kind of behind this book. Now, people make mistakes, but Frey isn't making a mistake. He just seems to be a horrible person. So the backstory is that he has created essentially a writer factory, where he pays graduate students a couple hundred dollars ($250 was what I saw reported) and then they also get a smaller percentage of profits on the book - if it's made into a movie, etc. The actual writer gets 30% or so. They don't have any further rights to the work, they're on the hook for follow-up books, they may or may not be noted as the author according to Frey's whims and they can't talk about their work with the press. So...seems like there could be an interesting book about how horrible James Frey is...preferably one not written by him and one that doesn't give him any profits.Anyway, back to I Am Number Four... its a YA Novel...it's light, it's formulaic, it's fun. It's a very quick read and the characters aren't overly dumb with their decisions (most of the time). I'll probably borrow the rest of the series from my library over the next month or two.
    • 2/5
      I liked the story enough to quickly read to the end.
    • 5/5
      What a fun read - great adventure story with high appeal for those who like their story to move along quickly.
    • 4/5
      I had low expectations from this book since I've heard it was a bit boring. It was good, better than what i expected. It was exciting and it just made me cry at the end. I did not appreciate the romantic part though. I think the book will still be as good without the romance, They are 15 year old teenagers and I don't think romantic love was that important. Still, I love all the characters! I'll definitely read the next one.
    • 4/5
      Great start to the Lorien Legacies series. Number Four is a refugee from planet Lorien living on Earth. Unfortunately the Mogadorians who destroyed Lorien are seeking the 9 children sent to Earth in attempt to save the Lorien race. Each child has a guardian who helps protect them and hide them from the Mogadorians, for Number Four it is Henri. Henri and John Smith (aka Number Four) seek sanctuary in a small rural community called Paradise, Ohio. John makes some new friends but knows he is always on the run and will ultimately have to leave so getting close to anyone is not really an option.
      Fast paced and full of action, this young adult novel lends itself to my mental list of great stories being told right now. I definitely look forward to the next novel.
    • 3/5
      Good story.
    • 4/5
      I picked this up last night intending to read a few chapters.... and finished at about 1.30am.
      The Superman like premise of the character's entrance to earth is familiar but the life and death struggle to prevent the destruction of Earth by the same race that destroyed Lorian adds a sense of urgency to the series. This is a very easy reading book but action packed enough that it doesn't feel to simple for an adult reader. A great book for 10 age group or reluctant older readers as well as those of us who just enjoy some escapism.
    • 3/5
      Started off as an interesting twist on typical YA fiction (you know: special person falls into undying love) but got bogged down at the end with unending fight scenes
    • 2/5
      People reaaaalllly loved this book, but I thought it was just, eh. I was sadly surprised it didn't deliver.
      Not sure what I was expecting, but it was not THAT awesome. The plot moved along okay, and I'm always up for fun Sci-Fi adventures, but I felt unmoved in general. Oh well.
    • 4/5
      As will always be true, the book was better than the movie. There is more character development and foraging out of the plot. If you saw the movie and enjoyed it--or even if you didn't enjoy the movie, the books is a good read. And as cute as the Pettyfer kid is, I could not picture him as John while reading. The she change between book and film is evident-- John being younger in the book than he is portrayed in the film Hero is such an awesome & moveable character and Sarah, in my opinion, is more likeable in the book than in the movie. Good book, glad I found it, can't wait to see where this series goes.
    • 5/5
      Great ending.
    • 5/5
      Loved this book!
    • 4/5
      A wonderfully written book that will keep you up late into the night reading. Don't be put off by the fact that it is about aliens, it is written in a new way that is very good.
    • 5/5
      The cover of this book does not do it justice. This was a fantastic read and I couldn't put it down. This is a must read. Can't wait to read the next in the series.
    • 5/5
      Pittacus Lore was one of the elders of the now-dead planet Lorian, conquered by another race and stripped of its natural resources. In this book, he tells how nine children with their guardians were sent to Earth in a last-ditch effort to save both their race and Earth, which is the Mogadorians next target. Of the nine, he is number four - the first three have already been killed.
    • 3/5
      I Am Number Fourby Pittacus Lore (James Frey & Jobie Hughes)#1 Lorien Legacies3-1/2*Two out of an original 18 aliens from the planet Lorien have been hiding on Earth for a decade. The older, Henri, is a guardian, teacher, and father figure to 14yo John Smith (they choose new identities with each sudden move as they sense danger lurking) awaiting John's latent legacies (superpowers) to show themselves in readiness for battle against their race's enemy, the Mogadorian, after which they hope to return to their brutalized home planet. For everyone's safety, the rest all scattered upon arrival hoping to meet up again down the road after the young ones had grown into their full power. Because of some charm placed on them, their enemy is only able to kill one at a time and in order of their number. When one is killed, all the rest are made aware of it by a sudden painful burning tattoo which appears on their leg. So far, the first three have been killed. John Smith is Number Four, so he knows the Mogadorian are now targeting him.Their recent move has brought them to a little town called Paradise, Ohio, where John immediately encounters the typical groups of teens: a bully and his entourage of fellow jocks, the pretty and smart cheerleader ex-girlfriend, the picked on nerdy kid who is into astronomy, etc. As his legacies begin to present themselves, usually under moments of stress or when adrenaline kicks in, he trains and learns to control them in between living life trying to fit in as a typical teenager, finding a best friend in Sam and a girlfriend in Sarah. Even as threats loom from the Mogadorian, John is desperate to stay in Paradise, resulting in everyone he cares about becoming part of the unavoidable battle.There were a couple nods to the authors themselves, one referring to the pseudonym "Pittacus Lore" as a powerful entity for the Loric people. Also the names James, Frey, Jobie, and Hughes were names used for side characters. I listened to the audio version narrated by Neil Kaplan. Please avoid this and read another version. Although Kaplan's normal voice is very pleasant, his forced falsetto for female voices was...not, the frequency of his sudden actual yelling made me jump, the nasally "nerd" voice assigned to Sam, and the use of Patrick's voice ? la Spongebob (I'm not exaggerating) for the character playing the bully was seriously laughable. I literally had tears rolling down my face when he would say things like, "What are you going to do? Run away and cryyyyyyy like a baby?" I did enjoy Henri's Jamaican-Rastafarian-sounding voice, however. It reminded me of the lovely Geoffrey Holder and his 7-up commercials from the 80s.Although the teenage angst was often sappy and melodramatic at times, I found this to be an enjoyable story in itself and am interested enough to continue on with the series.
    • 5/5
      Pittacus LoreI Am Number FourA young boy under the alias ?John Smith? is on the run from mogs, a form of aliens, John is part of the Garde, a species of alien that has powers and is said to bring peace on their worlds there are 10 in total and must be killed in order. With Henri, his guardian, he?s been on the run since he was a few years old, running from aliens who wish to kill him next. When John gets to Paradise Falls, a tiny town, he falls in love with Sarah, and life gets messy from there, with his form changing pet Bernie kosher, and best friend Sam, John must figure out how to save the Human race. The cover design before the movie is compelling, showing the Loric scar all Garde possess, a show of the universe, after the movie?s release, the cover is of the actor who plays john, and definitely draws a reader in. The book is good for those who love a good series and young adults, as it is a nice fantasy novel.
    • 4/5
      Teenage alien danger action. The characters may be a bit flat, but there is just enough meat to keep you turning the pages to see what happens. It rarely slows down without leaving a sense impending doom.
    • 4/5
      No sooner than I finished this book I had already picked up it's sequel to continue the story. No, It's not scientifically accurate, and it contains concepts I have heard of before. Did I read it in one sitting? Yes. Did I cry in the right bits? Yes, and it made me want to pick up the next book straight away. While it might not appeal to fans of true sci-fi or literature, it was certainly an enjoyable way to spend my afternoon. I don't always want to have to rack my brain thinking about how stuff fits in.
    • 5/5
      Wasn't sure I would get into it because it seemed more like a guys alien story, but I could not put the book down. Soo good!!! I can't wait to read the next book!
    • 3/5
      Many logic issues took me out of this book. Blending in and being normal is rule number one, and yet only a few days after he develops an immunity to heat, Four is already reaching into hot ovens and grabbing metal with his bare hands in front of people; Henri using being French as a cover for his accent, yet never bothering to learn any French in ten years. There were a few other such instances, but I can't think of them now.The sheer coincidence of Four's first/only real friend being an alien-obsessed conspiracy theorist was too convenient for my taste. And despite the fact that very few people will ever experience a sizable house fire, Four conveniently has to rescue the girl of his dreams and his worst-enemy's dogs from a blazing fire that ends up causing the climax. Eff this crap. There are coincidences, and then there's lazy-ass-I-couldn't-give-a-crap writing. This is the latter.The stereotypical school cliques that don't really exist in any normal school (I've gone to/taught at a few dozen middle and high schools and have yet to see evidence of the pop-culture strictness of cliques) was very obnoxious - especially the star-football player = biggest bully/antagonist is a tired trope. Lore inputs "hints" of things to come with all the subtlety and grace of getting hit by a Mack truck. I'm only halfway through and already the lizard, the dog, and what happened with the elders is blatantly obvious (edit: I was right on all counts).Overall, very "meh".Dangerous Days of Daniel X did it better.
    • 3/5
      4 stars is a little too generous, but this was a fun YA adventure, so 3.4. I can see why they made it into a movie. It has a lot of adventure, mystery, tension, & a strong, clean romance thread. (Kissing & some snuggling, but they never even got to groping.) There's also a well done moral message. The only partying is done by others & winds up causing a complete catastrophe. There was also a strong environmental thread. All good stuff & it was very readable. The story flowed and covered enough time.

      On the downside, the science was too magical & the magic was too opportunistic at times. IOW, it really strained my suspension of belief. There were a few specific instances that made me want to put down the book.
      - The size of the planets. If they'd said 'amount of usable land' or something, I could have swallowed that Lorien was 1/3 of Earth, but to say the planet was 1/3 Earth's size doesn't make sense from the little (tiny actually) amount I know. If it's that much smaller it would have to be much denser, probably way too many heavy elements to be anything but a hell hole. Maybe I've read too much SF where that is usually the case, but Mars is more than 1/2 the size of Earth & can't keep an atmosphere & it's in the news a lot right now.
      - The animal talking. He is specifically told by Henri that the hand light thing is his first legacy, but at the end he says chatting with the deer showed that animal communication was his first.
      - The whole bit with huge sizes in the monsters just struck me as clunky. Even the scouts were pretty bad ass & almost had them. Why should they cart around something on a tractor trailer while still trying to keep from being noticed when a bus full of scouts would have served just as well?
      - His dog's ability to change from a tiny lizard into a 30' monster & fly. It was foreshadowed so obviously that there wasn't any doubt from the time it showed up as to what it was to the reader. He should have tipped to it much sooner. That he didn't makes him just seem stupid.
      - His dog's size might just be a personal pet peeve, but there needs to be some conservation of mass & energy. If he's going to go from a beagle to a monster, where did all the mass come from? The energy? One or the other should have been addressed.


      OK, that's 5 things & while none were deal breakers, even YA should have a slightly higher level of logic than this showed at these times. As an adult read, I'd be hard pressed to give it even 3 stars. I won't rush to read a second book, but I do appreciate that this one didn't end on a cliff hanger the way so many do.

      The author gives me a chuckle, so make sure you read the afterword. Of course, it also begs the question of why the elders left their planet for ours (at least this author did) a year or 2 earlier. Was their planet doomed? There was nothing they could do to prepare their people? Why were these few kids left until the last moment before being shipped to safety? Could they have needed the personal experience to create the emotions that would carry them through the battle? That doesn't make sense when the magic memory stones are taken into account, though. Oh well, I'm sure there is some wonderful reason they sacrificed almost the entire population of a planet not to mention the entire environment with all its animals (some obviously intelligent) & plants. That's a big price to pay. I just hope I can swallow it. Frankly, no matter what their reasoning, I really dislike their methods & it detracted from the overall mood of the story.
    • 5/5
      This book is about a boy who was flown of his plant with others like him before his planet was wiped out. He traveled to earth moving from plce to place with his "garde". He was living Florida at the time when the third died and the warning burned in to his ankel. his "garde" already had a place in mind to move. A place less sunny and more remote. a town called paradise Ohio.
    • 1/5
      "He ran literally through the wall."
      As opposed to figuratively?

      Hands coming out of nowhere, choppy writing and, in the few pages I read, basically no editing, I am not even going to waste my time.
    • 4/5
      Dang hard to put down. Looking forward to the next one.... Quite a cliffhanger ending.
    • 1/5
      I really tried but I did not enjoy this book... I kept waiting for it to get good but it never did.

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    I Am Number Four - Pittacus Lore

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    CONTENTS

    Chapter One

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Three

    Chapter Four

    Chapter Five

    Chapter Six

    Chapter Seven

    Chapter Eight

    Chapter Nine

    Chapter Ten

    Chapter Eleven

    Excerpt from The Fate of Ten

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    About the Author

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    About the Publisher

    CHAPTER ONE

    AS USUAL, BENNY IS AN ASS AND I CAN’T KEEP my mouth shut.

    Lunch had been going okay. We’d walked to the diner a few blocks down from our apartment. Everybody in Harlem seemed to be out on the streets, enjoying the first warmish day in weeks. Mom looked radiant in her crisp white button-down. She’s always been able to make her work clothes look fashionable instead of like something she was forced to wear while serving fancy customers at a restaurant down on Wall Street that we could never afford to eat at. Benny, my stepdad, was quiet most of the meal, except for a groan here or there—based on his swollen eyes, I’m guessing he had a little too much fun out with his boys last night. All in all, things had been smooth sailing.

    Then I had to go and ask if I could get some new headphones. Nice noise-cancelling ones that’d block out the world around me, or at least the noises in our apartment. That seemed worth fifty dollars to me.

    The request doesn’t go over well.

    Sure, baby, Mom says as she tries to nab the last grape from a side of fruit salad with her fork.

    Benny looks like she’s just agreed to buy me a Lexus for my sixteenth birthday or something.

    Hold up, now, he says. What’s wrong with the ones you’ve got?

    They’re busted, I say, pointing to the headphones slung around my neck. Only one ear works.

    Then deal with one ear, Benny says. He wolfs down the last bite of a burger. Your mom works six shifts a week. Sometimes more. I support us too. What do you do?

    I almost laugh at the word support. Benny’s been off work for a few months now on paid disability, even though I haven’t seen anything wrong with him. It definitely hasn’t stopped him from drinking beer all day while shouting at our TV, driving me crazy.

    I put up with you, I mutter, staring down at the half a waffle floating around a little syrup lake on my plate.

    Dani, Mom says.

    What’d you just say? Benny asks, his voice a low boom.

    I bite my tongue. For Mom’s sake, I keep quiet.

    She’s having a great semester in school, Mom says. "Lord, I’ll pay for the headphones. Don’t worry."

    Oh really? Where’s this money coming from, then? he asks.

    Benny, don’t spoil the meal. You know I set aside a little tip money for things like this.

    "At least she works," I say. It slips out before I can stop it. Benny snorts and I can tell I’ve crossed the line.

    When he speaks again, his voice is deep and full of anger.

    Listen here, you spoiled little—

    "Benjamin." Mom cuts him off.

    He looks back and forth between us, jaw flexing as he clenches his teeth. Benny’s pretty much always an asshole, but it’s when he gets quiet and silently rages that I know I’ve hit some kind of nerve. I haven’t seen him look this angry in a long time, and that’s saying something, considering we never see eye to eye on anything.

    My body tenses up with anger. I want to hurl my plate at him, or flip this whole table over. I wish I could do something.

    He stands up abruptly, his knees banging against the table and causing our plates to rattle. On his feet, he’s a behemoth, six foot two and thick from years of manual labor and Mom’s cooking. A couple of people look over at us, and Mom puts on a smile to show them that everything’s all right.

    You got so much spare cash lying around, then you won’t mind paying for this shit, Benny says, waving at our table. And then he’s off and out the door.

    Mom slowly takes her napkin from her lap and dabs her lips.

    You want dessert, baby? she asks.

    I shake my head and suck my teeth, looking across the room at nothing in particular. If I look at Mom I’ll apologize for what I said and take responsibility for starting the argument, and I don’t want to be sorry.

    She shrugs and glances at her phone. I gotta get down to the restaurant. My shift starts soon.

    I’d hate for those rich-ass bankers to have to pour their own drinks.

    Language, Dani, she says. Then she smirks. Besides, those rich-ass bankers are the ones buying you a black and white.

    And before I can protest she’s up and across the diner, chatting with our waitress at the bar as the woman makes me a to-go milk shake.

    I walk Mom to her train. We cut through Morningside Park, which is kind of crowded because of the nice weather. There are all sorts of families grilling and having picnics. A bunch of kids playing pickup basketball on the courts. We don’t really talk—Mom just hums some song I don’t recognize and I try to cool off. We’ve done this a million times. Walking beside her always makes me feel better, no matter what’s been going on at home or at school.

    But we can’t spend all day strolling around. Eventually she has to leave.

    We come to the subway entrance.

    Text me which headphones you want, and I’ll go pick them up, she says. It’ll be our little secret.

    Until Benny finds out, I say.

    He won’t. He’s not exactly the most observant guy. He’ll forget all about them by tomorrow. Maybe we’ll do something fun if the weather stays. Just you and me. I’ve got the day off.

    This is what it should always be like. We don’t need anybody else in the world except each other.

    We’d be better off alone.

    Dani . . . , she says.

    It’s true. We were fine before he came along.

    Not always, baby, she says. You’re forgetting he’s the reason we can afford to stay in our apartment.

    If that’s all it is, then I can get a job, I say. I’m almost sixteen. We can get along just fine without him.

    She smiles, but I don’t think it’s because I’ve just come up with some brilliant solution to our problems. We’ve had this conversation a hundred times before.

    He’s a good man, she says slowly, patiently. He’s just going through a rough patch.

    As far as I’m concerned, this rough patch has lasted for the last three years, ever since he moved in with us.

    Besides, you need to be focused on school. She smirks a little. I’m going to find some SAT vocabulary lessons for you to listen to on those fancy new headphones to make sure you’re putting them to good use.

    I roll my eyes. She kisses me on the forehead, squeezing my shoulder gently.

    I’ll see you tonight, Dani, she says. I love you.

    Yeah. I stare down at the concrete. Later.

    She lingers.

    I love you too, I say finally.

    She smiles, and then disappears down into the subway.

    Thinking about going back to the apartment makes my blood start to boil again, and with Mom gone there’s no one left to keep me calm. I know from past experience that it’ll be best if I give Benny a little while to cool down. Besides, I don’t want to be stuck in my room avoiding my stepdad when it’s so nice outside. So I walk for a while until I finally come to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. I cut through the groups of people snapping pictures outside and go into the little park beside the church where this weirdo statue of an angel and a bunch of giraffes stands. I think it’s really called Peace Fountain, but I’ve always called it Big Crab because that’s what all the animals and the winged man are standing on—a Big Crab. That’s also what Mom called it when I was just a kid and she used to take me on walks through the university campus nearby and talk about how if I worked really

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