I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

This is a pretty well known book due to the movie adaption made staring Diana Agron and Alex Pettyfer. I loved the movie but I think sometimes a movie just can't do a good book justice. When their world is being destroyed, a group of human like aliens transport a handful of their youngest citizens to earth. The hope is that these children will keep their race alive and maybe one day defeat the Mogadorians, who destroyed their homeland. The children are all given a number and then a spell is cast so they have to be killed in order. This book is narrated by the fourth of these children who calls himself John Smith. Him and his guardian, Henri, have always been moving to stay safe from the Mogadorians. John is in huge danger because Number Three has just died and so he is next in line to be slaughtered. A new school is the least of his worries at the moment, but when he meets a beautiful girl named Sarah everything changes. Can he every experience true love or will his fate always endanger the people he loves?

I was so excited when the movie I Am Number Four came out because I loved the book so much and I also really liked the choice of actors because they are exactly how I pictured the characters. I think the movie did the best it could to display all of the story to the viewer but small points were still missed. Though I would still stand by my opinion that it is one of the best movie adaptions of a book, I think you really need to read the book to understand it. I also felt the books got better as the series went on but other movies were never made. There were five books published as well as a series of novellas which I never read. These books are good because anyone can read them, boy or girl, old or young. You have to be prepared to be slightly confused but it is all worth it in the end. If you want to watch the movie you can buy it in most DVD stores or online. If you are like me and have Netflix, the English one, it is currently on there. However, I would read the books before so you can truly understand the depth of the storyline.