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Imagine seeing your world destroyed, the people fighting
for their very existence and losing. Imagine being one of nine children
sent on a ship to safety with your guardians, knowing that the soldiers
who destroyed your planet will keep hunting until you are no more. You
move constantly, trying to blend in wherever you go, trying not to show
how powerful you are, how fast. You train. You don’t make close friends.
And you wait for your legacy to show itself.
This is the story of Number 4 (John Smith), whose planet, Lorien, was destroyed and who escaped with eight others. They can only be killed in numerical order and the first three are dead. The Mogadorians are coming for John next. But John has made his first real friend, has fallen in love, and does not want to leave. He knows, however, that their enemies will not stop until they are all dead. A fast-paced page turner, this novel kept me transfixed right to the end, kept me up at night, and pulled at my heart. If aliens do walk among us, let them all be like Number 4. --Angela M. |
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