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Plot Summary
John and his guardian, Henri, are aliens from the planet Lorien. They were sent to Earth as a protection from the Mogodorians, another alien race who destroyed their home planet. There are 9 children all together (including John) from Lorien, along with their guardians who are disguised as humans on Earth. Each time one of them dies, John recieves a scar burned into his flesh. When John gets his 3rd scar, he and Henri have to move to Paradise, Ohio, to keep their identity as aliens safe, because John is number four, and they know he is next.

John goes to school like normal and befriends a boy named Sam, falls for an amateur photographer named Sarah, and becomes involved with a bully, who is also Sarah's ex-boyfriend, Mark James. When John developes his first legacy-fire resistance,and a few people happen to see, Henri stresses that he wants to lower suspicion, and leave right away, but John wants to stay. John’s friend, Sam tells him and Henri what he knows about Mogadorians from "They Walk Among Us", and Henri becomes very cautious yet curious.

Since John has a crush on Sarah, they go to the fair together, and get in a huge fight with Mark James. Due to Sam introducing the information he knew, Henri goes to Athens, Ohio, where "They Walk Among Us" is printed, to find out more because of suspicion. While Henri is away, John developes his second legacy-telekinesis. John becomes worried when Henri is gone for a long time, and he tells Sam he needs his help to save Henri because he feels like he is in trouble. When they go to Henri's rescue, the Mogodorains eventually locate them. Sam discovers that Henri and John are aliens. Later at a party, a fire is accidentally started, and Sarah is trapped in the house. John runs through the fire, with no burns, and save’s Sarah’s life. Because its impossible to run through fire without getting burned, and Sarah saw him do it, John reveals to Sarah he’s an alien.

John feels because he refused to leave when Henri suggested, the Mogadorians track them down, and Henri dies while fighting. John finds number six, and while they continue fighting them, they destroy the school. In the end they have to leave, staying hidden, continuing on their journey. But John promises to return one day to Paradise, and to Sarah.

Adaptations
Matthew Weaver praised the novel when he stated, "It has been adapted into a successful film." Critic Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun Times says, "In the film, we see native Mogadorians, whose faces are deeply scarred with gill-like extrusions. I am not completely sure if this is how John really looks and he has somehow morphed into teenager form, or if he was forced to flee Mogador because he looked like an alien Edward Cullen. I'm sure this is all spelled out in the movie. Sometimes I find it so very, very hard to care."

He also complained, and asked many questions, "Where is Mogador? Why did nine of its citizens flee to Earth? How did they do so? How is it they breathe our air, eat our food and make such expert use of our grooming products? Why didn't the other Mogadorians say to hell with it and leave them on Earth? What is a Mogadorian life span? Given what we know about the time and distance involved in space travel, are these the same nine individuals who fled Mogador, or their descendants after many generations in an interstellar ark? What's the story on those spotlights in their hands?

In all modesty, I think my questions are more entertaining than this movie."