The Power Of Six

The power of six, by Pittacus lore is the second book in the, I am # 4 series. She has also written: I am number four, the rise of nine, the fall of five, the revenge of seven, the fate of ten, the legacies, six’s legacy’s, etc. all of her books are based around the series so there all pretty much the same thing.  the main character is john, but it pretty much goes back in fourth with most of them. It takes place all thought the USA and the world. The series is about ten kids who were sent to earth because there people were being killed and they wanted to keep their kind a live so they came to earth to do so and now the same people who destroyed them want to kill them. Through the whole book the theme is how to overcome fear.

The book starts where the last one ended they are running from the attack that happens in Ohio, John has just met six and is with sam. They are on the run and find a new house. There they stay for a while and john trains. He opens a chest and the bad guys finds them beats them and takes there chest. In the other part of the world Mariana is at an academy and she is really shy.  A new girl comes and her name is Ella; they become best friends. Then they find the chest and open in. everyone notices and its who gets there first. 4 and 6 split up. Four goes to an undercover base in east coast. Six goes to look for Mariana. When 4 goes into the base to look for his chest he finds something even better. Later 6 and Mariana are in a big fight whit the emery. 

This is probably one of the best book I’ve read its always engaging. When I read it I couldn’t put the book down at all. I really think you should read it. Its like a real life story just its fiction. The one thing is if you haven’t read the first book you won’t get it right away. If you don’t like reading in think you should pick this up. By the end of summer you will be done with the whole series and be waiting for the next one that’s going to come out.

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Book Review by Justin P.

The Power of Six

I read the book The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore. Two more books he has written are I Am Number Four and The Rise of Nine, these few books are part of the series he has written called the Lorien Legacies. This book and series is about young alien kids who were brought to Earth to be saved from extinction. They brought along Cepans with them who watch over them like their own parents. As you go through this book you will see that being different, surviving, and trying to blend in as best as you could is harder than you think it is.

In The Power of Six, a young girl who goes by the name Marina lives in a small town in Spain. Her and her Cepan hide there from the Mogadorians until she develops her full Legacies. She is Number Seven of the nine that had made it to Earth, and survived. Then the story jumps into the life of Number Four who goes by the name of John Smith, he is running with his friend Sam. He bumps into Number Six, who just goes by Six, as they travel across the United States so they won’t be caught by the Mogs. A love triangle starts to form between Sam, Six, and John which is kind of bad for the friendships between them. As we go back to Marina, she meets a little new orphan, Ella, who is brought to Santa Teresa’s who gets fondly attached to her. Marina’s Cepan, Adelina, starts to not live in the reality and fights with her about this is their life. Marina knows this isn’t true so she finds her chest that contains what her late parents had left for her. Then the orphanage is attacked by Mogs. When they find out about another Number who lives farther away they drive around trying to find her and train to fight. Eventually the Mogs catch up to them, almost killing everyone. But they got away just in time, as they run more visions from John come about Marina who looks like she’s in danger. They all make it over there to fight a battle that is the just the beginning of the end.

I think this wasn’t to bad of a book. There were a lot of parts that weren’t as action-packed as the next but it was still a very enjoyable novel. I think people should read this book because it gets a reader deeper into the lives of the characters, it also makes you want to finish the series and see what is going to happen next. The suspense is dreadful which I think is a great gift that a writer should have. Pittacus Lore is a wonderful writer and I would be honored to read another one of his enchanting books.  

Book Review by Nae P.