I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, is not by Pittacus Lore. It's the brainchild of James Frey (The kind of discredited author of A Million Little Pieces) and an unknown writer. The project was to get unpublished writers, collaborate on new works and get them out in the market place.
This book was optioned for a movie before it was even on the shelves, and I can see why. 300 odd pages of fun and predictability, but in a good way.
Reminiscent of Roswell, The Powers of Matthew Star and plenty of other books - this is escapaist fun suitable for teens.
There are zero surprises, pages of cliches and even a few digs at modern morality. It's also a wish fulfillment exercise for one of the authors, bullies being vanquished, the hero secretly being faster, stronger, brighter than everyone else - but hiding it.
Pure teen fantasy.
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