The Power of Six
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The Power of Six is the second book in the young adult science fiction
series The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore. It is the sequel to I Am Number Four
, and was released August 23, 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Four is confused about his feelings for both Sarah and Number Six. On the way, both he and Sam train with Six, while also eluding the police. They arrive at the conclusion that the Mogadorians have found a way to open Six's Chest when, after opening Four's, they are ambushed. Four reads Henri's letter and finds out that the nine have been chosen by the planet as the next generation of Elders and that Malcom Goode, Sam's father, had been one of the humans to welcome them to Earth when they had first arrived.
After reading the letter Sam gets the idea that his father has left him a clue back in Paradise in the well near his house. They go back and retrieve a white tablet. They are attacked by the Mogadorians who take possession of Four's Chest. Six remains to fight the Mogadorians and Four goes to take the chest back, but falters when he finds himself near Sarah's house. Despite's Sam's protests, Four meets with Sarah. She apparently alerts the police of Four's whereabouts and both he and Sam get arrested. Six helps the boys escape. She announces that she has found out that a Garde is in Spain
and plans to go there to help, because she feels the Garde is in trouble. While Six goes off to Spain, Four is to take Sam to retrieve his and Six's Chests and to look for Sam's father at a Mogadorian hiding place, where Six had previously been held. Before Six leaves, Four and Six kiss and Six confesses to having feelings for both him and Sam. She gives Sam an address where they will meet in two weeks' time. They split in West Virginia.
Four uses the Xitharis to share Six's power and manages to find the chest after it expires. They find a Garde member, Nine, but Four loses sight of Sam in the commotion and narrowly escapes before a force field is erected and Sam is trapped inside. Four and Nine head north after they find out that the address of the place where they had been supposed to meet Six had remained with Sam.
After failing to adapt to life on Earth and blend in, Number Seven, Marina, and her Cêpan, Adelina, went to the Santa Teresa convent
/orphanage
and had been living there for 11 years. Adelina has given up hope of Lorien rising and has tried to adapt to life as a nun. She has hidden Seven's Chest and has all but ignored her. Annoyed by Adelina's attitude, Marina has been searching for the now legendary Number Four in order to unite the Garde, but so far, without any success. At the beginning of the book she is five months away from her eighteenth birthday, when she will be able to leave the orphanage.
When a seven-year-old named Ella is brought in Marina instantly becomes good friends with her. Ella helps her find her Chest and Marina drugs Adelina to open it. When she does they are tracked down by the Mogadorians and barely escape. Adelina finally acknowledges her wrongs and sacrifices herself to save Marina. On the run Marina and Ella meet a man named Crayton who explains that Ella is Number Ten, and who is also an Aeternus, having the ability to change her age. They meet with Six and kill their pursuers.
based on 4,806 ratings.
“Action–packed.” (Publishers Weekly)
“There’s genuine suspense…it’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.” (Chicago Tribune)
“Lore picks up and expands on a strong premise that originated in the first novel. An intriguing potential romantic triangle brewing between John, Six, and Sam adds layers as they search for answers.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) )
“Terrifically propulsive.” (Booklist )
“Action–packed.” (Publishers Weekly )
Praise for I AM NUMBER FOUR: “Number Four is a hero for this generation.” (Michael Bay, director of Transformers )
“Riveting.” (The Horn Book )
“This is a can’t-put-it-down book.” (Justine Magazine )
“The intense pace, bigger-than-life fight scenes, and good vs. evil showdown set up a series that will easily draw in action-oriented sci-fi fans, who will eagerly await the next round.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
“There’s genuine suspense…it’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.” (Chicago Tribune )
“The action is taut, the characters are fascinating, and the fact that the teens are slowly finding one another and learning about Lorien secrets is sure to yield an impressive all-out battle down the road. This series continues to head in interesting directions.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
“A breathless page-turner of a sci-fi novel that will have readers rooting for the teen alien who must save himself, his human friends, and the planet. So, gear-up sci-fi fans, the battle for Earth is on and there’s a new kid in town!” (Amazon.com )
, the plans have been 'shelved' for the time.
The Power of Six was the very first book adapted by New York tech startup Booktrack
, which is a company that matches “synchronized music, sound effects, and ambient sound” to the text of e-books.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
series The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore. It is the sequel to I Am Number Four
I Am Number Four
I Am Number Four is a 2011 American teen action science fiction film, directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Kevin Durand, and Callan McAuliffe...
, and was released August 23, 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Plot summary
The story is told by two members of the Garde: Number Four (John Smith), who is on the run with Sam, Six, and Bernie Kosar (aka Hadley, a Lorien Chimæra), and Number Seven (Marina), who's hiding at Santa Teresa, a convent in Spain. While John, Number Six and Sam try to stay ahead of the Mogadorians while searching for the other surviving Loric, Number Seven searches for news of John after his heroic battle at the school that came at the end of I Am Number FourI Am Number Four
I Am Number Four is a 2011 American teen action science fiction film, directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Kevin Durand, and Callan McAuliffe...
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Four's Narration
John's part of the story starts off a few days from where I Am Number Four had ended. John travels to a number of different places with Sam Goode and Number Six. John stays in the US for the entire book.Four is confused about his feelings for both Sarah and Number Six. On the way, both he and Sam train with Six, while also eluding the police. They arrive at the conclusion that the Mogadorians have found a way to open Six's Chest when, after opening Four's, they are ambushed. Four reads Henri's letter and finds out that the nine have been chosen by the planet as the next generation of Elders and that Malcom Goode, Sam's father, had been one of the humans to welcome them to Earth when they had first arrived.
After reading the letter Sam gets the idea that his father has left him a clue back in Paradise in the well near his house. They go back and retrieve a white tablet. They are attacked by the Mogadorians who take possession of Four's Chest. Six remains to fight the Mogadorians and Four goes to take the chest back, but falters when he finds himself near Sarah's house. Despite's Sam's protests, Four meets with Sarah. She apparently alerts the police of Four's whereabouts and both he and Sam get arrested. Six helps the boys escape. She announces that she has found out that a Garde is in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and plans to go there to help, because she feels the Garde is in trouble. While Six goes off to Spain, Four is to take Sam to retrieve his and Six's Chests and to look for Sam's father at a Mogadorian hiding place, where Six had previously been held. Before Six leaves, Four and Six kiss and Six confesses to having feelings for both him and Sam. She gives Sam an address where they will meet in two weeks' time. They split in West Virginia.
Four uses the Xitharis to share Six's power and manages to find the chest after it expires. They find a Garde member, Nine, but Four loses sight of Sam in the commotion and narrowly escapes before a force field is erected and Sam is trapped inside. Four and Nine head north after they find out that the address of the place where they had been supposed to meet Six had remained with Sam.
Seven's Narration
Marina is introduced in the story right from the start. She lives in a religious community for children in need. Along with her, is Adelina, and a few friends she has at the school. Marina greatly dislikes the school. The school is located in Santa Teresa, Spain.After failing to adapt to life on Earth and blend in, Number Seven, Marina, and her Cêpan, Adelina, went to the Santa Teresa convent
Convent
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...
/orphanage
Orphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...
and had been living there for 11 years. Adelina has given up hope of Lorien rising and has tried to adapt to life as a nun. She has hidden Seven's Chest and has all but ignored her. Annoyed by Adelina's attitude, Marina has been searching for the now legendary Number Four in order to unite the Garde, but so far, without any success. At the beginning of the book she is five months away from her eighteenth birthday, when she will be able to leave the orphanage.
When a seven-year-old named Ella is brought in Marina instantly becomes good friends with her. Ella helps her find her Chest and Marina drugs Adelina to open it. When she does they are tracked down by the Mogadorians and barely escape. Adelina finally acknowledges her wrongs and sacrifices herself to save Marina. On the run Marina and Ella meet a man named Crayton who explains that Ella is Number Ten, and who is also an Aeternus, having the ability to change her age. They meet with Six and kill their pursuers.
Characters
- Four/John Smith - The narrator of the first book, also narrates half of this book.
- Six/Maren Elizabeth - Number six of the Loric Garde, accompanies John throughout this book.
- Sam - Four's best friend.
- Seven/Marina - The narrator of half the book, finally meets Six at the end of the book.
- Adelina - Seven's Cêpan.
- Ten/Ella - Marina's best friend, a Loric with the ability to change between ages.
- Crayton - Ten's Unofficial Cêpan (ten was too young to be assigned a Cêpan).
- Héctor - Marina's only human friend.
- Nine - Ninth in the series, initially a prisoner of the Mogadorians.
- Sarah - Four's girlfriend from Paradise, Ohio.
Reception
The book received generally positive reviews with an average rating of 4.20/5 on GoodreadsGoodreads
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based on 4,806 ratings.
“Action–packed.” (Publishers Weekly)
“There’s genuine suspense…it’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.” (Chicago Tribune)
“Lore picks up and expands on a strong premise that originated in the first novel. An intriguing potential romantic triangle brewing between John, Six, and Sam adds layers as they search for answers.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) )
“Terrifically propulsive.” (Booklist )
“Action–packed.” (Publishers Weekly )
Praise for I AM NUMBER FOUR: “Number Four is a hero for this generation.” (Michael Bay, director of Transformers )
“Riveting.” (The Horn Book )
“This is a can’t-put-it-down book.” (Justine Magazine )
“The intense pace, bigger-than-life fight scenes, and good vs. evil showdown set up a series that will easily draw in action-oriented sci-fi fans, who will eagerly await the next round.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
“There’s genuine suspense…it’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.” (Chicago Tribune )
“The action is taut, the characters are fascinating, and the fact that the teens are slowly finding one another and learning about Lorien secrets is sure to yield an impressive all-out battle down the road. This series continues to head in interesting directions.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books )
“A breathless page-turner of a sci-fi novel that will have readers rooting for the teen alien who must save himself, his human friends, and the planet. So, gear-up sci-fi fans, the battle for Earth is on and there’s a new kid in town!” (Amazon.com )
Cinematographic adaptation
After the success of the movie adaptation of I Am Number Four, there were rumors of a sequel. As of May 16, 2011, according to scriptwriter Marti NoxonMarti Noxon
Martha Mills "Marti" Noxon is an American television and film writer first known for writing and producing Buffy the Vampire Slayer.- Production :...
, the plans have been 'shelved' for the time.
The Power of Six was the very first book adapted by New York tech startup Booktrack
Booktrack
Booktrack is the creator of the eponymous ereader technology that merges sound with text to create an immersive reading experience. mixes music, sound effects, and ambient sound to provide an immersive multimedia reading experience. The company was founded and maintains offices in Auckland, New...
, which is a company that matches “synchronized music, sound effects, and ambient sound” to the text of e-books.