I Am Number Four; the Lost Files of Six

  In the book I Am Number Four; the Lost Files of Six by Pittacus Lore aliens have arrived to earth from Lorien to hide from war with another species of aliens named the Mogadorians. The Lorins have to hide and develope their legacys ( powers) that will help them stop the Mogadorians and take back their planet. Unfortunately there are only ten of them three are dead and seven of them are left. The main character in this book 6 ( the aliens from Lorien have names that go by number) struggles to survive in earth with her cepân (their trainers who help them train for battle and kin of their parents but with no legacys). In the book 6 personality changes.
    One of the major personality changes was the difference between when she was 12 and when she became 18 . When she was 12 she feared the Mogadorins and doubted herself about not being able to stop them. But when she became 18 she doesn't fear them anymore and is willing to kill as much of them that come in her way.
    Another personality change was when they were captured in the Mogadorians cave were they were tortured to death to tell them everything they knew. When she was in her cafe she wanted to die. She knew that she couldn't be a warrior without her legacys and she thrived to see the cepân Katrina. Who then later gets killed when 6 lies and says her number was 8. This changed her personality because after Katrina was killed she became a warrior seeking revenge on the Mogadorians.
   All in all I think that this book is amazing. It is compacted with adventure, science fiction, action, and romance.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznick

From what I thought the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick was amazing. The book wasn't only compact with words in paragraphs like in ordinary books but in this book it is also compact with very detailed pictures. In the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret the main Hugo is an orphan who lives in the ceiling of a busy Paris railway terminal where he works as a clock keeper. The only way for Hugo to survive is to steal from local shops. Hugo's life was wonderful before living with his father who worked at museum. One day his father was working late at the museum and the guard didn't know he was still in the museum so he locked the doors. Unfortunately the museum caught on fire and Hugo's father was stuck in there. He later moved in with uncle, a drunk who worked as the cock keeper in the terminal with no money and didn't care for Hugo. One day his Uncle drowned in the Seine. Hugo's goal was to fix the automaton his father brought home from the museum one day.

It is amazing how  young boy can live on his own without any parental guidance. Hugo was a very mysterious boy who always stole from the toy shop owned by a man named Georges Méliès, a famous movie producer who later became broke when World War One happened. Hugo often stole the toys to use the parts to fix the automation. When Georges caught him he took the book Hugo has drawn in with specific details of the missing parts the automaton needs. When Georges flipped through the book the immediately became scared and frightened because he was the creator of the automaton. He took the book way from Hugo and wanted to burn it. Georges was an important character in the book because he was a lot like Hugo, both stubborn and curious. Hugo was paranoid about how Georges knew about the automatons and was curious why Georges feared them so much so he decided to find out. He needed someones help and he then befriended Georges god daughter Isabelle Méliès. She too had no parents due to a car accident and was willing to accompany Hugo in his journey.

What I liked about this book so much was that it was filled with pictures that described what was going on.I highly recommend this book because it is unique from other books and it is filled with comedy and adventure.