YOUNG ADULT
SCIENCE FICTION
Blackwood, Gary. Beyond the Door.
Y Fic Blackwood
Teenagers Scott and Tully find an unused study
room in the library which is actually a doorway into an
alternate world, where an outcast is pursuing dangerous
experiments to increase his control over the emerging technology
of his universe.
Bonham, Frank. The Missing Persons League.
Y Fic Bonham
In a future world of algae diets, sour seas, and
oxygen deficiency, a high school boy's search for his missing
family leads him into dangerous trouble with the authorities.
Caraker, Mary. The Faces of Ceti.
Y Fic Caraker
Teenage Maya and the other colonists on the planet
Ceti try to resist being taken over by another hostile Earth
colony on a neighboring world, while debating how to treat the
native, possibly intelligent creatures called hlur.
Christopher, John. The Prince in Waiting.
Y Fic Christopher
Thirteen-year-old Luke has no reason to suspect
that anything will ever change in the primitive society of the
future in which he lives.
Clayton, Emma. Roar. Y FIC Clayton (SERIES)
In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been
obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden
animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin
sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search
for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.
Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games.
Y
FIC
Collins
(series)
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem
maintain control through an annual televised survival competition
pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one
another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test
when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Cooper, Susan. King of Shadows.
Y FIC Cooper
While in London as part of an all-boy acting
company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe
Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to
1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage
of Shakespeare himself.
Curry, Jane Louise. Me, Myself and I.
Y Fic Curry
A Sixteen-year-old Progidy uses his mentor's
invention to go into the past to exorcise his unreturned love
for a beautiful girl, and discovers a mystery involving another
of the professor's inventions.
DeStefano, Lauren. Wither.
Y FIC DeStefano
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time
bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age
twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate
the world.
Dodd, Quentin. Beatnik Rutabagas from
Beyond the Stars. Y Fic Dodd
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.
Fradin, Dennis. How I Saved the World.
Y Fic Fradin
After thirteen-year-old Shelley spots a UFO one
summer night at a rundown resort in northern Michigan, he
becomes involved in a desperate effort to stop an alien
invasion.
Gill, David Macinnis. Black
Hole
Sun. Y FIC Gill
On the planet Mars, sixteen-year-old Durango and his crew
of mercenaries are hired by the settlers of a mining community to
protect their most valuable resource from a feral band of
marauders.
Haddix, Margaret. Running Out of Time.
Y Fic Haddix / Y PB H
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village,
thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist
site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's
up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the
dying children.
Hoover, H. M. Return to Earth. Y
Fic Hoover / J Fic Hoover
In a future world a diplomat returns to Earth to
retire and finds himself involved in political intrigue and a
disquieting friendship with a young girl.
Hughes, Monica. Invitation to the Game.
Y Fic 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.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets.
Y Fic Klause
On her journey to the distant planet where her
parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled
alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a
precious artifact.
Lasky, Kathryn. Star Split.
Y FIC Lasky
In 3038, thirteen-year-old Darci uncovers an
underground movement to save the human race from genetic
enhancement technology.
Lawrence, Louise. Andra. Y Fic
Lawrence
In a repressive underground society of the future,
teenage Andra yearns for freedom and launches a massive youth
rebellion against the system.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Y PB L/ Y
FIC Lowry
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.
Ness, Patrick. The
Knife
of
Never
Letting Go. Y FIC Ness (series)
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron,
young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for
answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the
ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
Oppel, Kenneth. Dead Water Zone. Y
Fic Oppel
Muscular sixteen-year-old Paul tries to find his
genetically stunted younger brother Sam in the polluted ruins of
Watertown, where Sam is trying to cure himself with toxic "dead
water" that alters the metabolism of those who drink it.
Paulsen, Gary. Transall Saga. Y
Fic Paulsen // Y PB P
While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old
Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a
more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills
to survive.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew
It. Y FIC Pfeffer
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda
describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits
the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions.
Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb.
Y FIC Reeve
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer
although females in the future London, England, are not believed
capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her
sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her
past while facing danger in the present.
Reichs, Kathy. Virals. Y FIC Reichs (SERIES)
Tory Brennan is the leader of a band of teenage 'sci-philes' who
live on an island off the coast of South Carolina and when the
group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to
an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their
lives forever. (SEQUEL: Seizure)
Schanback, Mindy. Princess from Another
Planet. Y Fic Schanback
Fourteen-year-old Gracie Quicksilver escapes her
impoverished and unconventional life by impersonating her rich
cousin at an exclusive summer camp, until a series of weird
events convinces her that her mother's delusions about being the
deposed queen of a distant planet just might be true.
Shusterman, Neal. The Dark Side of
Nowhere : A Novel. Y FIC Shusterman
Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis
after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on
earth following a botched invasion mission.
Silverberg, Robert. Project Pendulum.
Y Fic Silverberg
Twins become involved in an experiment in time
travel.
Sleator, William. The Boxes. Y PB S
When she opens two strange boxes left in her care by her
mysterious uncle, fifteen-year-old Annie discovers a swarm of
telepathic creatures and unleashes a power capable of slowing down
time.
Sleator, William. The Duplicate. Y
Fic Sleator
Sixteen-year-old David, finding a strange machine
that creates replicas of living organisms, duplicates himself
and suffers the horrible consequences when the duplicate turns
against him.
Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig.
Y Fic Sleator // Y PB S
Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes
more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three
exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call
"Interstellar Pig."
Sutherland, Tui. So This is How it Ends.
Y
Fic
Sutherland
During an earthquake in the year 2012 five teens are transported
seventy-five years into the future, where the end of the world is
imminent, and are drawn together by a mysterious force.
Teague, Mark. The
Doom Machine. J FIC Teague
When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956,
juvenile delinquent Jack Creedle and prim, studious Isadora
Shumway form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of
extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's space travel
machine.
Treggiari, Jo. Ashes,
Ashes. Y FIC Treggiari
In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and
epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious
hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but
soon they learn that she is the target of Sweepers, who kidnap and
infect people with plague.
Vizzini, Ned. Be more chill. Y FIC
Vizzini
Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of
image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super
computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Wells, H. G. Time Machine. Y FIC
Wells // Y PB W
A young scientist, to the amazement and disbelief
of his colleagues and other experts, has perfected a machine
that lets him live one of mankind's oldest dreams--to live in
times other than his own.
Yansky, Brian. Alien
Invasion
and
other Inconveniences. Y FIC Yansky
When a race of aliens quietly takes over the earth, high
schooler Jesse finds himself a slave to an inept alien leader --
a situation that brightens as Jesse develops telepathic powers
and attracts the attention of two beautiful girls.
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