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1 Reading Rocks!!! Enjoy the slideshow

2 AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION By: K P

3 What makes a book science fiction? Fantastic stories in which scientific discoveries, space travel, life on other planets, or environmental changes form part of the plot.

4 THINGS NOT SEEN When fifteen-year- old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it. By: Andrew Clements

5 ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK By: Bruce Coville Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.

6 MY TEACHER FRIED MY BRAINS Duncan Dougall discovers that his teacher, Miss Karpou, is an alien, but not before she chooses him to participate in an experiment in which he dons a helmet that fries his brains.

7 THIS PLACE HAS NO ATMOSPHERE By: Paula Danziger By: Paula Danziger Aurora loves her life on Earth in the twenty first century, until she learns that her family is moving to the colony on the moon.

8 BEATNIK RUTABAGAS FROM BEYOND THE STARS Whisked away on space ships to serve as generals of opposing armies, best friends and sci-fi movie fans Walter Nutria and Yselle Meridian soon convince the aliens they must work together against the real menaces Space Mice from Galaxy Four and their leader the boss. By: Quentin Dodd

9 THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION By: Nancy Farmer In a future where humans desire clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron the 142- year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

10 AMONG THE HIDDEN A government decree allows each family only two children. For Luke, a third child, this has meant a lifetime of hiding. But could a stray glimpse of a child hiding in the house across the way lead to freedom. A government decree allows each family only two children. For Luke, a third child, this has meant a lifetime of hiding. But could a stray glimpse of a child hiding in the house across the way lead to freedom. By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

11 TURNABOUT It isn’t natural for you to be younger than your great- grandchildren. Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal lives throughout the 20 th century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger. By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

12 A WRINKLE IN TIME Meg and Charles Wallace set out with their friend Calvin in a search for their father. His top secret job as a physicist for the government has taken him away and the children search through time and space to find him. By: Madeleine L’Engle

13 THE GIVER 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. By: Lois Lowry

14 THE LOST CITY OF FARR PENDRAGON SERIES When Pendragon finds himself in the war-stricken territory of Cloral, he and his uncle take it upon themselves to rid of the area of marauders and locate the lost land. By: D.J. MacHale

15 THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet epileptic teen nicknamed Spaz begins the herioc fight to bring human intelligence back to the earth of a distant future. By: W. R. Philbrick

16 BRAINBOY AND THE DEATHMASTER When Daryl is adopted by a technology genius he finds himself the star of his very own life threatening video game. By: Tor Seidler

17 THE DUPLICATE Sixteen-year-old David finds a strange machine that creates replicas of living organisms, duplicates himself and suffers the horrible consequences when the duplicate turns against him. By: William Sleator

18 How to Find Science Fiction in our library…. Step #1—Log on a computer and get on OPAC. Step #2—Type science fiction in the search box. Step #3—Click subject Step #4—Select a book from the list. Which may be a little difficult because we have over 200 to choose from. Step #5—Go get your book from the shelf and check it out!!!

19 Works Cited Amazon.com Barnes & Noble.com


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