Quarantine (Roswell) [Mass Market Paperback]

Laura J. Burns (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

No One Is Safe.

There's a new corporation in town -- Meta-chem -- and Liz is psyched to land a scholarship program working in the lab. But when the giant pharmaceutical company creates a disease that accidentally infects the town, Liz is among the first to fall ill -- and, despite his powers, Max is unable to heal her.

There's also a new girl in town, Sadie, who's come to Roswell searching for her half sister, who she believes is Maria. Maria doesn't know how to feel: what if she and Sadie do share a father? Maria hasn't seen him since she was seven years old, and she's not sure she wants to see him now. but when news of the quarantine breaks, Maria has no choice but to keep Sadie with her in town, all while trying to find out who is sick and whether anyone can be saved in time....

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689855192
• ISBN-13: 978-0689855191
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura J. Burns grew up on Long Island, NY, but is also fluent in the various dialects of Manhattan, Los Angeles, The Valley, and Orange County. She's written books and television episodes for kids, tweens, teens, and the occasional adult. She and her husband have three beautiful children and two silly dogs, and they live in California.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good roswell book, April 12, 2003

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tammy (chicago, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quarantine (Roswell) (Mass Market Paperback)

when a new chemial company comes to town, they offer a scholarship and a summer job to one lucky applicant. liz parker
wins. but from the beginning she senses that things are not quite
right here. the scientist she is assigned to work with is down right rude and nasty to her. little does she know that they are covering up a bigger plot that will cause a townwide disease that causes the whole town to be quarantined.

as a subplot a little girl starts following maria around town. upon further investigation she finds out that the girl is her half sister. this brings up a bunch of complicated issues that maria thought long buried with her father who left her so many years ago.

the story has a good plot but i think the writer missed the best
parts of the michael and maria relationship. the writer has them
getting along a little too well. when did that ever happen on the show? the plot does come to a peak about 12 pages from the end and hurries with a solution. i did not like that part too much. it reminded me of the last4 episodes of roswell when they hurried up and tied up loose ends instead of drawing them out into a better story.

overall it is a good book and i think roswell fans will enjoy it.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WRITE A REVIEW IF YOU WANT THIS BOOK REPRINTED/RELEASED, March 27, 2005

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M. S. Keeley "'charmedaddict'" (england,uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quarantine (Roswell) (Mass Market Paperback)

i am making a plea to the author/authors/publishers of this book to re-release or issue a reprint of this CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT book as like i many people only need this book to complete their roswell book collection and because it's out of print the only way to get/buy it is to pay stupidly high prices for it which no sane person can afford!!!
so i'm asking you to issue a reprint of this book, and i can assure you there are plenty of us that would buy this book if you did, which would bring in high revenues for you!!!
SO HEAR MY PLEAS AND REPUBLISH THIS BOOK

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally Liz develops somewhat of a backbone ..., January 9, 2006

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Roswellgirl "Rosie" (OHIO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quarantine (Roswell) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this book overall, sure the scientific facts weren't exact and the whole Sadie and Maria story line was way too short. This story wasan't about the actual scientific facts or Maria, but just where does Liz fit into Max's life and is the relationship worth saving, does Max still love her and just how deep that love goes. I liked the fact that Liz decided to put herself first for a change even if for a little while. And I felt that Max's actions in this book mimic the second and third seasons of the tv series where Max is selfish, self-absorbed, unreasonable but is also loving,caring and compassionate. In this book Liz tells Max about future Max, but in a later book Liz tells Max about it again..Obviously the author of the later book never took this book into account....But it's worth the read.