I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

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I AM NUMBER FOUR FILM CRITIQUE Imagine a number, what if your number was next? The book, I am Number Four was written by Pittacus Lore and the movie was directed by D.J. Caruso. The main character is named Four but goes by the alias John Smith. Four’s planet (Lorien) and people were destroyed by the Mogadorians all except for nine Guarde and nine Cepan. The Mogadorians are aliens that go from planet to planet and take over until they have completely drained the resources and polluted the planet so that no living thing can survive. They still want to get rid of the nineteen Lorien (the nine Cepan and Nine Guarde and their pilot) now eleven that survived. The nine can only be killed in order, because of an enchantment put on them. The Guarde develop powers called Legacies and the Cepan are their mentors. Four’s Cepan is Henri. Henri is the closest thing Four has to family, he hardly remembers the rest of his family, because they all died when he was a baby. Four loves Henri and Henri was his closest confidant. The book was very intriguing and with a well written plot line, but...

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