Science Fiction
Today is 12/2/2008
My Teacher Flunked the Planet (J COV)
by Bruce Coville
Continues the hilarious adventures of Peter Thompson, who finds himself touring the earth with a bunch of aliens in disguise, and discovering a secret that may save the planet-- or destroy it.
Among the Hidden (J HAD)
Book One of the Shadow Children series
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
The Diary of Pelly D. (YA ADL)
by L. J. Adlington
When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.
The Kindling (YA ARM)
Book one of the Fire-Us Trilogy
by Jennifer Armstrong
In the future, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
Spacer and Rat (YA BEC)
by Margaret Bechard
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.
Martian Chronicles (YA BRA)
by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction: Classic.
Warrior’s Apprentice (YA BUJ)
by Lois McMaster Bujold
A space adventure starring Miles Vorkosigan.
The House of the Scorpion (YA FAR)
by Nancy Farmer
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Have Space Suit-- Will Travel (J HEI)
by Robert Heinlein
A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.
Invitation to the Game (YA HUG)
by Monica Hughes
Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game
The Secret Under My Skin (YA MCN)
by Janet Elizabeth McNaughton
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a workcamp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.
Starlight Crystal (YA PIK)
by Christopher Pike
It is 200 years in the future. Paige Christian, 18, has been given the chance to join the crew of the Traveler--a special spaceship/time capsule designed to circle the solar system and study the changes on earth throughout two centuries. But an awful thing happens to the earth--and the Traveler.
Enders Game (SF CAR)
by Orson Scott Card
The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earth's ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggins thinks he is only playing computer games, but he is really commanding Earth's last great fleet.