 | Science Fiction for Grades 6–8 |
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Adlington | The Diary of Pelly D In a war-devastated city, Toni V finds the diary of a girl whose life was turned upside-down by holocaust-like events. (282 pp.) | Y Adlington |
| Anderson | Ultraviolet Alison, who has synesthesia, finds herself in a mental ward, accused of killing a classmate whose body cannot be found. (306 pp.) | Y Anderson |
| Bacigalupi | Ship Breaker In a bleak future, Nailer must decide whether to strip a beached clipper ship for its wealth or rescue the girl on board. (326 pp.) | Y Bacigalupi |
| Card | Ender's Game Ender, a tactical genius, must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive. (324 pp.) | Y Card |
| Clements | Things Not Seen When Bobby finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his blind friend Alicia try to reverse his new condition. (251 pp.) | Y Clements |
| Cottrell Boyce | Cosmic Liam cons his way onto the first spaceship to take civilians into space—posing as the adult chaperone. (313 pp.) | Y Cottrell Boyce |
| Coville | The Monsters of Morley Manor Anthony and Sarah's new monster figures are not only alive, they send them to other planets in an effort to save Earth. (224 pp.) | Y Coville |
| Dickinson | Eva After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee. (219 pp.) | Y Dickinson |
| Farmer | The House of the Scorpion Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, a 140-year-old drug lord, until his true purpose is revealed. (380 pp.) | Y Farmer |
| Haddix | Double Identity When her parents suddenly leave her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets about herself. (218 pp.) | Y Haddix |
| Hautman | Rash Imprisoned on the tundra, Bo must survive with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork. (249 pp.) | Y Hautman |
| Lloyd | The Carbon Diaries 2015 As a near-future England combats climate change with carbon dioxide rations, Laura's family spirals out of control. (330 pp.) | Y Lloyd |
| Lowry | The Giver Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about his society. (180 pp.) | Y Lowry |
| Nelson | The Girl Who Owned a City When a plague kills everyone except children under twelve, Lisa and the other kids must rebuild a new way of life. (200 pp.) | Y Nelson |
| O'Brien | Z Is for Zachariah After a nuclear war, Ann is relieved to find another survivor, until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must escape. (249 pp.) | Y O'Brien |
| Paulsen | The Transall Saga While backpacking in the desert, Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world. (248 pp.) | Y Paulsen |
| Pfeffer | Life as We Knew It Miranda's family struggles to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. (337 pp.) | Y Pfeffer |
| Philbrick | The Last Book in the Universe An epileptic teen nicknamed Spaz fights to bring human intelligence back to an earthquake-ravaged future Earth. (223 pp.) | Y Philbrick |
| Pratchett | Only You Can Save Mankind As Johnny plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, he is drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee. (207 pp.) | Y Pratchett |
| Reeve | Fever Crumb In a strange, future London, foundling Fever leaves her sheltered world and learns startling truths about her past. (325 pp.) | Y Reeve |
| Shusterman | Unwind Three teens face the possibility of their lives being "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others. (335 pp.) | Y Shusterman |
| Sleator | House of Stairs Five orphans are trapped in a house of endless stairs as subjects of a psychological experiment. (166 pp.) | Y Sleator |
| Vande Velde | Heir Apparent While playing a virtual reality game, Giannine learns the equipment is damaged. She must win quickly or be damaged herself! (315 pp.) | Y Vande Velde |
| Westerfeld | Leviathan In an alternate 1914 Europe, World War I is fought with the aid of giant robots and genetically-engineered beasts. (440 pp.) | Y Westerfeld |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 3/12 |