Science Fiction
Science fiction…a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (YA FIC ADA)
Escaping Earth just before it is demolished to make way for a new galactic highway, reluctant galactic traveler Arthur Dent embarks on a series of off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, accompanied by a variety of unusual companions. First in a series.
Diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington (YA FIC ADL)
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. Look for the companion novel Cherry Heaven.
Feed by M.T. Anderson (YA FIC AND)
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong (YA FIC ARM)
In 2007, 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. First in a series.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (YA FIC ASI)
Dr. Susan Calvin, the first great practitioner of the new science of robopsychology in 2008, looks back on her career with U.S. Robotics on the occasion of her retirement fifty years later, telling stories of how the mechanical race developed.
Heartlight by T.A. Barron (YA FIC BAR)
Kate and her grandfather use one of his inventions to travel faster than the speed of light on a mission to save the sun from a premature death. First in a series.
Spacer and Rat by Margaret Bechard (YA FIC BEC)
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.
Exodus by Julie Bertagna (YA FIC BER)
In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves. First in a series.
The Awakening by Michael Carroll (YA FIC CAR)
Ten years after the disappearance of superhumans--both heroes and villains--thirteen-year-olds Danny and Colin begin to develop super powers, making them the object of much unwanted attention. First in a series.
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (YA FIC COL)
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA FIC COL)
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. First in a series.
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (YA FIC FAR)
In a future where humans despise 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.
Interworld by Neil Gaiman (YA FIC GAI)
At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.
The Exchange Student by Kate Gilmore (YA FIC GIL)
When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela, Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her work breeding endangered species.
The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman (YA FIC GOO)
Honor, living with her mom and dad on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea, an environment controlled by the Earth Mother Corporation in a post-apocalyptic world, becomes more fearful as she grows older and realizes that her nonconformist parents are putting the entire family at risk.
Gone by Michael Grant (YA FIC GRA)
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. First in a series.
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA FIC HAD)
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed; Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA FIC HAD)
Melly and Anny Beth agree to participate in Project Turnabout, a scientific experiment in which they are given a shot that will make them grow younger, but when other participants die after receiving the second shot, Melly and Anny Beth refuse the shot and set out on their own.
Siberia by Ann Halam (YA FIC HAL)
After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.
Hole in the Sky by Pete Hautman (YA FIC HAU)
In a future world ravaged by a mutant virus, sixteen-year-old Ceej and three other teenagers seek to save the Grand Canyon from being flooded, while trying to avoid capture by a band of renegade Survivors.
Rash by Pete Hautman (YA FIC HAU)
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
The Lab by Jack Heath (YA FIC HEA)
When Agent Six, a member of The Deck, a group fighting against their corrupt society, discovers that he is the product of an illegal experiment by the evil Lab, he takes dangerous steps to discover the truth about himself.
Epic by Conor Kostick (YA FIC KOS)
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families. First in a series.
The Goodness Gene by Sonia Levitin (YA FIC LEV)
As son of the Compassionate Director of the Dominion of the Americas, Will, along with his twin brother Berk, has been groomed for leadership in a society that values genetic fitness, but he encounters information which causes him to question that society as well as his own identity.
The Giver by Lois Lowry (YA FIC LOW)
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 utopian society in which he lives.
The Declaration by Gemma Malley (YA FIC MAL)
In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her. First in a series.
The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton (YA FIC MCN)
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp 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.
The Reminder by Rune Michaels (YA FIC MIC)
A teenage girl who hears her dead mother's voice makes a startling discovery after breaking into her father's industrial robotics lab and finding his latest secret project: a lifelike replica of her mother's head that looks, talks, moves, and even smiles just like her mother.
Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien (YA FIC OBR)
Seemingly the only person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a young girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson (YA FIC PAT)
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake. First in a series.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA FIC PEA)
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA FIC PFE)
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. Check out the companion book The Dead and the Gone.
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick (YA FIC PHI)
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve (YA FIC REE)
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. First in a series.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (YA FIC SHU)
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
GemX by Nicky Singer (YA FIC SIN)
Sixteen-year-old Maxo Strang, the most perfect human ever made, suddenly discovers a "crack" in his face, which leads him to expose his community's dark underworld of secret scientific research and the city's corrupt supreme leader.
Interstellar Pig by William Sleator (YA FIC SLE)
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."
The Comet’s Curse: A Galahad Book by Dom Testa (YA FIC TES)
Desperate to save the human race after a comet's deadly particles devastate the adult population, scientists create a ship that will carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home in a distant solar system.
Fourth World by Kate Thompson (YA FIC THO)
Fifteen-year-old Christie and his older stepbrother, Danny, travel to the home and mysterious laboratory of the elder boy's scientist mother, where they learn a shocking truth about the nature of her experiments. First in a series.
The Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde (YA FIC VAN)
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
Skinned by Robin Wasserman (YA FIC WAS)
To save her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia's wealthy parents transplant her brain into a mechanical body. First in a series.
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin (YA FIC WER)
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (YA FIC WES)
In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings a required operation that transforms you from a repellent Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. But is paradise really as perfect as it seems? First in a series.
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List created by for the South Kingstown Public Library by Brandi Kenyon.
Last updated 10/09.