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The Secret World of Alex Mack #18
Close Encounters!
Camping in the desert with her family, Alex is invited by her sister to test the full range of her powers, but she must hold herself back when snoopy UFO investigators target her for a government science experiment. Original.
- GenresYoung Adult
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1997
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David Cody Weiss
108 books11 followersDavid Cody Weiss is a published adapter, author, and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of David Cody Weiss include Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Phonics Comics: Hiro Dragon Warrior - Battle at Mount Kamado (Phonics Comics), Groovy Tube Books: Monsters (Groovy Tube Books), and Phonics Comics: Hiro - Level 2: Dragon Warrior (Phonics Comics).
He was a Writer and letterer who worked for DC and Marvel during the 80s. Weiss is credited in 248 issues for DC Comics.
He was a Writer and letterer who worked for DC and Marvel during the 80s. Weiss is credited in 248 issues for DC Comics.
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November 5, 2022
I want to make some room for new books in my closet. Unfortunately, all I keep finding are books I’d love to read again.
Alex gained superpowers when she accidentally came into contact with an experimental substance. Now, when the Mack family goes camping in the desert, Alex's sister thinks it is the perfect opportunity to finally test the full range of Alex's powers. But even the desert is not remote enough as someone reports a UFO sighting. This brings the FBI to the scene and Alex has to snoop around to make sure they don’t find anything, or she may find herself becoming a government science experiment.
The characters are spot on. It’s well written, has a straight forward but decent plot that takes some inspiration from the X-Files and genuinely feels like a TV episode. It’s exactly what it needs to be: fun.
Alex gained superpowers when she accidentally came into contact with an experimental substance. Now, when the Mack family goes camping in the desert, Alex's sister thinks it is the perfect opportunity to finally test the full range of Alex's powers. But even the desert is not remote enough as someone reports a UFO sighting. This brings the FBI to the scene and Alex has to snoop around to make sure they don’t find anything, or she may find herself becoming a government science experiment.
The characters are spot on. It’s well written, has a straight forward but decent plot that takes some inspiration from the X-Files and genuinely feels like a TV episode. It’s exactly what it needs to be: fun.
May 29, 2012
My 9-year old picked this one out for me to read to him. To my delight, I discovered that this is a very thinly-veiled X-Files/Alex Mack crossover. Not knowing a single thing about Alex Mack, it read like a gen Mulder&Mary Sue friendship fic to me. Fun.
March 25, 2015
This was very fun to read. It's "TV-Fiction", based on the 90s TV show "The Secret World of Alex Mack", about a girl accidentally sprayed with a mysterious chemical called GC-161 on her first day of middle school. The GC-161 gives Alex Mack powers, such as telekinesis and the ability to change into a puddle of water. This show was one of my favorites of the late 90s, and I know always wished I had Alex's special powers (minus the whole getting-sprayed-with-potentially-toxic-chemical thing). The show was only on for a short time, but it was fun and this well-written book brought back the nostalgia for me.
The characters were spot-on and the situations the characters were in or were put in felt very true to the show, but perhaps on a larger scale. I really liked that there was no "dumbed-down" or any too trendy language, which seems to be too often the protocol for "kids books". The prose was descriptive and realistic, the characters human and the danger and action perfectly executed. 3.5 stars.
The characters were spot-on and the situations the characters were in or were put in felt very true to the show, but perhaps on a larger scale. I really liked that there was no "dumbed-down" or any too trendy language, which seems to be too often the protocol for "kids books". The prose was descriptive and realistic, the characters human and the danger and action perfectly executed. 3.5 stars.
May 9, 2017
Its Alex Mack! No explanation needed! :)
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