{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6245aed65a5cb40014b0e71c/69e6aae46e5b90839afb12b0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Book: I Am Number Four (2010)","description":"<p>Brenna and Joe kick off Book 8 with the first entry in The Lorien Legacy series: <em>I Am Number Four </em>(2010).</p><p>Ostensibly written by \"Pittacus Lore\", this is actually from James Frey's Fiction Factory, which paid MFA students $250 to write YA books for the disgraced author.</p><p>The book is basically Teen Superman as alien John Doe falls in love with human girl, alien species \"the Mogs\" try to murder him, and a school is exploded in the process.</p><p>It's pretty tropey!</p><p>Reference: Suzanne Mozes. \"<a href=\"https://nymag.com/arts/books/features/69474/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James Frey’s Fiction Factory</a>\" <em>New York Magazine</em></p><p>Music: Rewind Kid - \"Rhythm Revolution\"</p>","author_name":"Brenna Clarke Gray and Joe Lipsett"}