DLA Las Piñas HS LRC acquires Lorien Legacies books!

Lorien Legacies is a series of young adult science fiction books, written by James Frey (A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, Bright Shiny Morning, The Final Testament of the Holy Bible) and Jobie Hughes under the collective pseudonym Pittacus Lore (a Loric Elder who is approximately ten thousand years old).

I Am Number Four (published 2010) is the first book in the series, followed by The Power of Six (2011) and The Rise of Nine (released in August 2012) are the first three books in the series, of a proposed six. The books are published by HarperCollins.

The first two novels in the series have been received well, both having been on the New York Times Bestseller List at one stage. I Am Number Four spent 7 straight weeks at #1 on the children's chapter of The New York Times Best Seller list.

In 2009 DreamWorks Pictures bought the rights to I Am Number Four and released the movie on February 18, 2011. The movie was the first DreamWorks film to be distributed by Disney's Touchstone Pictures and received generally negative reviews from critics, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes giving a score of 32% based on 156 reviews. The movie had a world-wide gross of $145,982,798 and a budget of $50 million, but still fell short of expectations.

The film starred 21-year-old British actor Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker, Wild Child, Tormented) as Number Four who was also known as John Smith/Daniel Jones. DreamWorks went through multiple rounds of tests to find the right actress for the female romantic lead. Dianna Agron, a star in the Fox television series Glee, won the role. She plays Sarah Hart, a girl who used to date a high school football player, but falls for Number Four and keeps his secret.

Plans for any future film installments for the series has been shelved. Director D. J. Caruso confirmed that he would like to direct a sequel, but in an interview with MTV Hollywood Crush, Lore has stated that any questions or requests for a sequel should be directed to producer Michael Bay.

The High School LRC had just recently acquired the second and the third books in the series, The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine sometime during June - September this year while the first book, I Am Number Four was already acquired previously, sometime last school year.

In addition, the High School LRC has also acquired I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Legacies (which was released July 24, 2012), considered part of the The Lost Files: Supplemental Books. It is a paperback edition of the three previously released Lost Files novellas—Six’s Legacy, Nine’s Legacy, and The Fallen Legacies. Originally published as individual e-books, this was the first time that they have been available in print.