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Updated 3/13 S ci en ce Fict i on Other Worlds & Oth er Species Adaptation By Malinda Lo YA FIC Lo In the a ftermath of a series of plane crashes caused by birds, seventeen- year-old Reese and her debate-team partner, David, receive medic al trea tment at a secret gov- ernmen t facili ty an d become ta ngled in a conspir- acy that is, according to Reese's friend, Julian, connected with aliens and U FOs. Declaration by Gemma Malley YA FIC Malley In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live f orever and children a re illegal, teen- aged Anna, an obedient “Surp lus” trainin g to bec ome a house servant, discovers that h er birth parent s are tr y- ing to find her. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund YA FIC Peterfreund Elliot North fights t o save her family’ s land and h er own heart in this post-apocalyptic reima gining of Ja ne Austen’s Persuasion . Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman YA FIC Hautm an After 13-year-old Tucker F eye’ s par ents disappear, he suspects that th e strange disks of shimmering air t hat he keeps see- ing are someh ow invo lved, and when he st eps inside of  one, he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by a sha dowy sect of priests a nd ha unt ed by ghost-like fig- ures. Mor e S ciFi Titles

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Science Fict ion

Other Worlds&

Other Species

A d a p t a t i o n

By Malinda Lo

YA FIC Lo

In the a ftermath of a series of plane

crashes caused by birds, seventeen-

year-old Reese and her debate-team partner,

David, receive medical trea tment at a secret gov-

ernmen t facility an d become ta ngled in a conspir-

acy that is, according to Reese's friend, Ju lian,connected with aliens and U FOs.

D e c l a r a t i o n

by Gemma Malley

YA FIC Malley

In 2140 England, where drugs enable people

to live forever and children a re illegal, teen-

aged Anna, an obedient “Surp lus” trainin g to become a

house servant, discovers that h er birth parent s are tr y-

ing to find her.

F o r D a r k n e s s S h o w s t h e S t a r s

by Diana Peterfreund

YA FIC Peterfreund

Elliot North fights t o save her family’s land

and h er own heart in this post-apocalyptic

reima gining of Ja ne Austen’s P e r s u a s i o n .

O b s i d ia n B l a d e

by Pete Hautman

YA FIC Hautm an

After 13-year-old Tucker F eye’s par ents

disappear, he suspects that th e strange

disks of shimmering air t hat he keeps see-

ing are someh ow involved, and when he st eps inside of 

one, he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by

a sha dowy sect of priests a nd ha unt ed by ghost-like fig-

ures.

M or e SciFi Tit les

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Cinder

By Marissa Meyer

YA FIC Meyer

As plague ravages t he overcrowded

Eart h, observed by a ru thless lunar

people, Cinder, a gifted m echanic and

cyborg, becomes involved with ha ndsome Pr ince Kai

and must uncover secrets about her pa st in order to

protect t he world in this futur istic take on the Cin-

derella story.

Erasing Time

By C. J. Hill

YA FIC Hill

Eighteen-year-old twins Taylor and

Sheridan are pulled into the futur e and

mus t find a way to stop th e evil govern-

ment from using the time m achineagain.

Eve & Adam

by Michael Grant and Kat herine Apple-

gate

YA FIC Grant

While recuperating after a car accident

in Spiker Biotech's lush San Francisco

facilities, sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker m eets

Solo Plissken, a very at tr active, if off-putt ing boy

her a ge who spent his life at Spiker Biotech. Like

Evening, he's never questioned anything ... until

now. Solo drops hints to Evening that something

isn't right, and E vening's mother m ay be behind it.

Evening puts th is out of her mind and begins her

summer internship project: To simulat e the crea-

tion of the perfect boy. With the help of Solo, Eve-

ning un covers secrets so big they could chan ge the

world completely.

Glow

By Amy Kat hleen Ryan

YA FIC Ryan

Par t of the first gen erat ion to be conceived in

deep spa ce, 15-year-old Waverly is expected t o

marr y young and have children t o populate a

new planet, but a violent betrayal by the dogmatic leader of 

their sister ship could have devastating consequences.

Ins ign ia

by S. J. Kincaid

YA FIC Kincaid

Tom, a 14-year-old genius at virtual reality

games, is recruited by the U.S. States Military

to begin training at the Pent agon Spire as a

Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized

drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.

L o s er s i n S p a c e

by John Barnes

YA FIC Bar nes

In 2029, hoping to bypass th e exams and train -

ing that might lead to a comfortable life, Susan,

her a lmost-boyfriend Derlock, and seven fellow stud ents

stow away on a ship to Mars, unaware t hat Derlock is a

sociopath with bigger plans.

S t a r t e r s

by Lissa Price

YA FIC Price

To support herself and her younger brother in

a futu re Beverly Hills, 16-year-old Callie hires

her body out to seniors who want t o experience

being young aga in, and sh e lives a fairy-tale life unt il she

learns tha t her body will commit m urder, unless her mind

can stop it.

Yeste rday

by C. K. Kelly Mart in

YA FIC Mar tin

After t he mysterious death of her father

and a sudden move back to her nat ive

Cana da in 1985, sixteen-year-old Freya

feels distant an d disoriented unt il she meets Garren

and begins remembering their shared pa st, despite

the efforts of some powerful people to keep them

from learning the trut h.

T h e W a t e r W a r s

By Cameron Stracher

YA FIC Str acher

In a world where water ha s become a

precious resource, Vera and her brother

befriend a boy who seems to ha ve unlimited a ccess to

water and who suspiciously disappears, prompting adangerous search challenged by pirates, a param ili-

tary group, and corporations.

A Confus ion of P r inces

by Garth Nix

YA FIC Nix

Battling aliens, space pirates, and com-

petitors, Prince Khemri m eets a young

woman, named Raine, and learns more tha n he ex-

pected about the hidden workings of a vast, interga-

lactic Empire, and about himself.

T h e D a r k e s t M i n d s

by Alexandra Bracken

YA FIC Bracken

16-year -old Ruby brea ks out of a govern-

ment-run 'rehabilitation camp' for t eens

who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a

virus tha t wiped out most American children.