Homecoming dances, overwhelming crushes, and…aliens?! In this episode about The Outsider, we're talking cosmic love. Melinda Metz packs in a whole lot of intergalactic goodness and meaningful themes in the first book of the Roswell High series, published in 1998.

In this episode, Kaycee tells Ashley how she’s been a Roswell girly since she saw the WB/UPN teen drama years ago. She shares her favorite characters (Michael and Maria, natch), while Ashley has a bone to pick with the irresponsible handling of a medical situation, and we want to read about Isabel organizing her makeup for an entire book. And of course…we have to talk about the Twilight elephant in the room.

We found a marvelous pairing with Roswell High and Taylor Swift, which we explore in a comparative study on The Outsider and “Down Bad” from The Tortured Poets Department.

Season 8, The Tortured YA Lit Department, is fueled by angst and some good Taylor Swift song dissection.

If you’re only here for a discussion of this week’s book, Swifty Circle begins 44:00 minutes into the episode.

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