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Science Fiction
The following are suggestions in the area of science fiction literature. Clicking on a book title will take you to the library catalog, where you can request the book or learn more information about it. Want even more reading suggestions? Ask a librarian.
| Location | Title/Author | Grade | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| J / Baw | Off the Road Bawden, Ninia | 5 - 9 | In 2040, eleven-year-old Tom follows his grandfather through the Wall and into the forbidden Wild, where they seek to find his grandfather's boyhood home. |
| J Pbk / Car | House of Power Carman, Patrick | 4 - 7 | Edgar finds a book that reveals secrets about Atherton, the strictly divided world on which he lives, as geological changes threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of others. Atherton series |
| J Pbk / Chr | The White Mountains Christopher, John | 5 - 9 | Three boys set out to find the White Mountains, a place that is rumored to be free of tripods, the mechanical creatures that rule the Earth. Series: Tripods trilogy |
| J / Coo | Green Boy Cooper, Susan | 4 - 7 | Trey and his brother Lou, who does not speak, cross the barrier between two worlds and play a mysterious role in restoring the natural environment in both places. |
| J & Pbk / Dup | The City of Ember DuPrau, Jeanne | 4 - 7 | In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. Book of Ember Trilogy |
| J / Eas | Hungry Eason, Althea | 5 - 8 | Deborah develops a crush on her best friend Willy, but she is not happy when her alien parents tell her she must eat him for dinner. |
| J & Pbk / Far | The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Farmer, Nancy | 5 - 7 | Three siblings are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while mutant detectives use their special powers to find them. |
| J / Gau | My Life Among the Aliens Gauthier, Gail | 3 - 5 | Two brothers begin to wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens that keep showing up at their house. |
| J / Had | Found Haddix, Margaret Peterson | 5 - 9 | When Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. |
| J / Hob | Go Big or Go Home Hobbs, Will | 5 - 8 | Brady and Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his bedroom. |
| J / Hug | Invitation to the Game Hughes, Monica | 5 - 7 | Lissie and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game. |
| J & Pbk / Low | The Giver Lowry, Lois | 6 - 9 | Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. |
| J / Kor | Nose Pickers from Outer Space Korman, Gordon | 2 - 5 | Devin discovers that the nose-picking exchange student is really operating a nose computer in attempts to save Earth. |
| J Pbk / Pat | The Green Book Paton-Walsh, Jill | 5 - 8 | As their small stock of essential supplies dwindles, a group of refugees from earth struggle to make their strange new planet provide life's necessities. |
| J / Pau | The Transall Saga Paulson, Gary | 5 - 7 | Mark is involved in a series of time warp adventures before deciding to stay in the 1990's. |
| J / Pra | Only You Can Save Mankind Pratchett, Terry | 5 - 8 | Johnny plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee. Johnny Maxwell Trilogy |
| J / Rex | The True Meaning of Smekday Rex, Adam | 4 - 8 | When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve, Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster. |
| J / Rod | Finders Keepers Rodda, Emily | 4 - 6 | While playing a computer game, Patrick is transported to a parallel world and invited to participate in a game show. |
| J & Pbk / Shu | The Dark Side of Nowhere Shusterman, Neal | 5 - 7 | Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he the son of aliens who stayed on Earth after a failed invasion. |
| J / Slo | C.O.L.A.R.: A Tale of Outer Space Slote, Alfred | 5 - 7 | Stranded on an unknown planet when their spaceship runs out of fuel, the Jameson family must rely on their robot to save their lives. |
| J / Two | 2041 Various Authors | 4 - 8 | Twelve short stories about school life, fads, inventions and cultural activities in the future. |
| J / Slo | The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree Slobodkin, Louis | 3 - 4 | When a space ship crash lands on his grandmother's farm, Eddie must help the alien find his secret power. |
| J / Wau | Earthborn Waugh, Sylvia | 5 - 8 | Nesta decides to stay in York, England when she finds out that her parents are researchers from another planet and must leave suddenly. |
| J / Wel | The War of the Worlds Wells, H.G. | 5 - 8 | Earth must fight for its survival when space craft from Mar's invade. |
