The Vanished (Roswell High) [Mass Market Paperback]

Melinda Metz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Roswell High | Publication Date: May 1, 2000

Gone for good?

Max is on a mission to save Alex, who is stranded on the home planet. Alex may be lost or wounded -- or worse. To get Alex back, Max knows he'll need one of the Stones of Midnight. If only he knew where to find one...

Liz understands that Max can't rest until he finds Alex. And she's been busy herself -- spending time with Roswell newcomer Adam. She's been having so much fun with Adam that Max is in danger...of being forgotten.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671035614
• ISBN-13: 978-0671035617
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device.

Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She also had no interest in learning to write her name. (FYI, when Melinda was in kindergarten it was all about finger-painting, play time, and naps.) Eventually, she mastered both and even majored in English at San Jose State University.

After college, Melinda moved to Manhattan to seek her fortune, which involved learning to identify fruits and vegetables while working at a grocery store,
making $2.73 working backstage for an off-off Broadway play (her part of the box-office profits), and editing books.

Melinda and the lovely and talented Laura J. Burns pretty much became unofficial writing partners when they were editors at the same company. They teamed up to brainstorm story ideas, and at some point their brains fused in some key places. Later they worked on the Roswell High book series, Laura developing and editing the series, Melinda writing.

That series led to Melinda and Laura, now an official writing team, writing two TV pilots, moving to L.A. to work on the Roswell TV show, and briefly living in Toronto while on the writing staff of 1-800-Missing. They both continue to write books, together and separately.

Melinda has never regretted learning to read and write her name.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, and very surprising, May 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vanished (Roswell High) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Vanished is the 7th Roswell high book, and you may thinkthat Melinda Metz, has run out of ideas, however, this book provesthat she is an excellent writer. In the story, Alex, is trapped on the aliens' (Max, Isabel, Micheal,Adam)home planet. Max is spending a lot of time and effort to save him. They are also trying to find the space ship, that was left in the warehouse. This book was so suspenseful and exciting that it took about an hour to read. I recommend it for true Roswell fans, and I think you will find it another excellent creation by Melinda Metz.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly reccomended., May 3, 2000

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vanished (Roswell High) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Vanished was another great book in the Roswell High series. I personally enjoy the books more than the TV show. Anyway, in this book, the group must help Alex, who is on the alien planet, return home to Earth. But DuPris, the evil alien, is trying to stop them. A must-read if you like science fiction stories.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Has some interesting bits in it, March 20, 2006

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Vanished (Roswell High) (Mass Market Paperback)

Cameron has left town, Michael has found that Ray (the friendly alien)left him the ownership of the museum in his will so he's got a place of his own now.
The gang does some investigation of DuPris' office and discovers a photograph of Alex's father with Valenti showing that he's also in Clean Slate (which Isabel later confirms by finding related files on Mr. Manes latop when she visits Mrs. Manes). They make an effort to recover the ship form the Clean Slate ruins but must flee when they see someone coming, later it's gone.
It isn't really explained but Maria is inspired to suggest that DuPris may have hidden the ship in Carlsbad Caverns (she gets the idea from a tourist's T shirt), Meanwhile Max gets mixed signals from the consciousness about Alex (he's afraid, some are curious about him, some want him dead).
During their trip to the Caverns the teens do find the ship hidden in the cave and run into a chemical weapon trap set by Mr. Manes, deadly to aliens- Liz and Maria must drag their friends to safety. They have a confrontation with DuPris, discovering that Mr. Manes isn't an enemy as he is able to save them with more gas after being trapped in the ship with them. DuPris teleports the ship away and an attempt by Mr. Manes to bring Alex home using a Clean Slate device that absorbed Stone energy fails, not enough power.
I found a couple of aggravating flaws in this story, Mr. Manes starts to tell them that Clean Slate wasn't what they thought it was, that line is never finished. The energy device is never explained either.