I Am Number Four. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore, 2010
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D.J. Caruso, 2011

John Smith is an alien from the planet Lorien. He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others, collectively called the Garde, to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. Knowing this, he and Henri move from a beachside bungalow in Florida to an old farm in Paradise, Ohio, where John befriends conspiracy theorist Sam Goode and a dog which he names Bernie Kosar.


The Host. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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The Host
Stephenie Meyer, 2008
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Andrew Niccol, 2013

The human race has been taken over by small parasitic aliens called Souls. With Melanie’s guidance, Wanderer escapes and makes her way to the desert, where she is found by Jeb, who takes her to a series of caves inside a mountain where the humans (including Jared and Jamie) are hiding.


Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2006 book, The Sea of Monsters
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The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan, 2006
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Thor Freudenthal, 2013

While in Camp Half-Blood, Percy Jackson recounts the story of Thalia and her sacrifice. A young Annabeth, Luke, Grover and Thalia are running to Camp Half-Blood while being pursued by monsters. Thalia sacrifices herself to get the others into the camp, and her father Zeus turns her into a tree which forms a barrier around it.