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7/29/2019 Scifi for YA readers
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Up d a te d 3 /1 3
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.