The Power of Six (and I Am Number Four) by Pittacus Lore

Official Summary

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real.

Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing.

But they know.

They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They killed them all.

I am Number Four.

My Two Cents

The Official Summary I picked up is from the first book, I Am Number Four - and it pretty much also applies to the second of this series, The Power of Six. Basically, 9 survivors of an alien race and their protectors are hiding on Earth - but Other, Evil aliens that want them dead have found them and are hunting them down - but the Good Guys cannot be killed unless they are killed in the order that was assigned to them (must've stunk being Number 1!).

These books, while a little on the hokey side, are actually pretty good. I love the whole "Supernatural" sub genre within the Young Adult book category, but it is getting a little played out. So this series has a pretty original premise, anyway - and while parts of it get a little mired with some tedious teenage romancey kind of stuff, it is for the most part, interesting and definitely action packed. Beats Vampire Romance by a country mile, and I'm sure I will be seeing this series through to its end.