Science Fiction
Science Fiction looks closely at scientific things in our world, and asks us to imagine, "WHAT IF...?"
It has many different flavors and sub-genres. It can sometimes be difficult to like or understand. Here are some excellent choices to help you take the leap and try one of the amazing offerings we have in the LMC.
* = More appropriate for 6th graders due to mature content.
Alien Invasions
They’ve arrived, and they usually aren’t here to make friends.
The Accidental Spaceship - Gene Hunt
Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card*
Felix Yz - Lisa Bunker
Future Eden - Colin Thompson
The Iron Giant - Ted Hughes
My Teacher is an Alien - Bruce Coville
Only You Can Save Mankind - Terry Pratchett
Space Race - Sylvia Waugh
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth - Frank Cottrell Boyce
The White Mountains - John Christopher
The True Meaning of Smekday - Adam Rex
Clones
Which version of you is the best?
The Clone Codes - Patricia McKissack
Double Identity - Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm
House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
Popular Clone - M.E. Castle
Dystopia
A disturbing future gone wrong.
Among the Hidden [#1 of series] - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Children of Exile - Margaret Peterson Haddix
The City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau
The Clone Codes - Patricia McKissack
Dark Life - Kat Falls
Fever Crumb - Philip Reeve
Freakling [series] - Lana Krumwiede
The Giver - Lois Lowry
House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer*
The Hunger Games [series] - Suzanne Collins*
Masterminds [series] - Gordon Korman
The Maze Runner [series] - James Dashner*
Memento Nora - Angie Smibert*
Raider’s Ransom - Emily Diamond
The Roar - Emma Clayton
Shade’s Children - Garth Nix
Sky Jumpers - Peggy Eddleman
What Happened to Serenity? - PJ Sarah Collins
Monstrous Mutations
A problem created by unethical science.
The Astounding Broccoli Boy - Frank Cottrell Boyce
Cryptid Hunters [series] - Roland Smith
Dark Life [series] - Kat Falls
Edge of Extinction [series] - Laura Martin
Felix Yz - Lisa Bunker
Fuzzy Mud - Louis Sachar
Horizon - Scott Westerfeld
Jake and the Giant Hand - Philippa Dowding
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton*
Killer Species: Menace from the Deep - Michael P. Spradlin
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment [#1 series] - James Patterson
Me and Marvin Gardens - A.S. King
The Neptune Project - Polly Holyoke
Science Fair - Dave Barry
Virals - Kathy Reichs*
Watchdog - Will McIntosh
Out of this World
Adventures on other planets!
Chronicle of the Dark Star #1: Last Day on Mars - Kevin Emerson
Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce
George’s Secret Key to the Universe - Lucy & Stephen Hawking
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams*
The Lost Planet - Rachel Searles
MINRS - Kevin Sylvester
The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 - P.J. Haarsma
Space Case - Stuart Gibbs
A Wrinkle in Time [series] - Madeleine L’Engle
Stowaway - John David Anderson
Homebound - John David Anderson
Post-Apocalyptic Disasters
The aftermath of an apocalyptic event that affected a large portion of humanity.
The City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau
The Girl Who Owned a City - O.T. Nelson*
The Only Ones - Aaron Starmer
The Pack - Tom Pow
Parched - Melanie Crowder
Raider’s Ransom - Emily Diamond
Robots
It looks like a human, but is it one?
The Clone Codes - Patricia McKissack
The Iron Giant - Ted Hughes
Robots Rule! - C.J. Richards
Under Their Skin - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Watchdog - Will McIntosh
Steampunk
Blends alternative history with wacky technology, and sometimes otherworldly forces.
Airman - Eoin Colfer
The Clockwork Three - Matthew J. Kirby
The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade
The Inventors at No. 8 - A.M. Morgen
Leviathan [#1 of series] - Scott Westerfeld
The Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve
Superheroes & Superpowers
Only they can save mankind.
Against the Odds - Amy Ignatow
The Hypnotists - Gordon Korman
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment [#1 of series] - James Patterson
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 [#1 of series] - Richard Paul Evans
Powerless [series] - Matthew Cody
School for Sidekicks - Kelly McCullough
Sidekicked + Minions - John David Anderson
Urban Outlaws - Peter Jay Black
The Vindico [series] - Wesley King
Time Travel
In short: don’t do it.
Baseball Card Adventures [series] - Dan Gutman
The Dead Gentleman - Matthew Cody
Flashback Four [series] - Dan Gutman
The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm
Frozen in Time - Ali Sparkes
Haunters - Thomas Taylor
The Hour of the Cobra - Maiya Williams
TUT: The Story of My Immortal Life - P.J. Hoover
A Whole Nother Story - Dr. Cuthbert Soup
Video Games, Dimensions, & Tech Gone Wrong
In science fiction, games play YOU!
Epic - Conor Kostick
Game-Changer - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Game Over, Pete Watson - Joe Schreiber
Heir Apparent - Vivian Vande Velde
Interworld - Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves
The Memory Bank - Carolyn Coman & Rob Shepperson
The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep - John Hulme
The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 - P.J. Haarsma