Post by Charlynn on Dec 16, 2010 22:28:56 GMT -5
Roswell High: The Outsider
This is the first in a series of ten books by Melinda Metz published during the late 90's that were eventually turned into the popular television series Roswell. (Yes, I've watched the show. In fact, I own it on DVD, and I sometimes write fanfiction for it, too.) Anyway, I knew going into this book that I'd like it. In fact, I was thrilled to even find a copy of the first book through ILL, because the books are now out of print. Unfortunately, though, the other three books available to me through this service are not the next three in chronological order, so I can't read them. Unless someone's library has or can procure the whole series, I would be hesitant to recommend this book to readers, simply because they might have a difficult time getting their hands on all ten of the books (and the subsequent offshoot series that followed). Personally, I want to have all the books in my collection someday. Frankly, it surprises me that the books are so difficult to locate (trust me, I've searched through all the local library systems within about fifty miles that I could possibly have access to), because of the fact that they did spawn a popular television show. With that said, though, here's a little bit about Roswell High: The Outsider.
Three alien children from the Roswell crash of '47 come out of their pods in 1989 as six year olds. Ten years later, they're hiding amongst the human population of Roswell, trying to blend in and belong so that no one suspects that they're different, fearful of the government discovering them and taking them to perform experiments. However, when the leader of their threesome witnesses the girl he is in love with getting shot, he reveals his true identity to her by saving her life (and to her best friend who witnesses the event). You see, the aliens have special powers, one of which is that they can alter molecular structures. Once their secret is out, the aliens and humans work together to keep those hunting the aliens off of their track, resulting in adventure, romance, and, of course, when dealing with aliens, a lot of cool science fiction. (However, what keeps this book relative to ANY teenager is the fact that the three aliens are, when broken down to their simplest form, outsiders, something that all high school students can somehow relate to in one way or another.)
This is the first in a series of ten books by Melinda Metz published during the late 90's that were eventually turned into the popular television series Roswell. (Yes, I've watched the show. In fact, I own it on DVD, and I sometimes write fanfiction for it, too.) Anyway, I knew going into this book that I'd like it. In fact, I was thrilled to even find a copy of the first book through ILL, because the books are now out of print. Unfortunately, though, the other three books available to me through this service are not the next three in chronological order, so I can't read them. Unless someone's library has or can procure the whole series, I would be hesitant to recommend this book to readers, simply because they might have a difficult time getting their hands on all ten of the books (and the subsequent offshoot series that followed). Personally, I want to have all the books in my collection someday. Frankly, it surprises me that the books are so difficult to locate (trust me, I've searched through all the local library systems within about fifty miles that I could possibly have access to), because of the fact that they did spawn a popular television show. With that said, though, here's a little bit about Roswell High: The Outsider.
Three alien children from the Roswell crash of '47 come out of their pods in 1989 as six year olds. Ten years later, they're hiding amongst the human population of Roswell, trying to blend in and belong so that no one suspects that they're different, fearful of the government discovering them and taking them to perform experiments. However, when the leader of their threesome witnesses the girl he is in love with getting shot, he reveals his true identity to her by saving her life (and to her best friend who witnesses the event). You see, the aliens have special powers, one of which is that they can alter molecular structures. Once their secret is out, the aliens and humans work together to keep those hunting the aliens off of their track, resulting in adventure, romance, and, of course, when dealing with aliens, a lot of cool science fiction. (However, what keeps this book relative to ANY teenager is the fact that the three aliens are, when broken down to their simplest form, outsiders, something that all high school students can somehow relate to in one way or another.)