Thursday, September 22, 2016

Science Fiction Books for Teens

Here are some Science Fiction books for middle school and high school readers available at the Warren Township Library in the Somerset County Library system. Visit the Warren Township Library or other Somerset County Library (SCLS) branches, or visit the online catalog, to reserve a book.

Looking for other Suggested Reads? Check out our Tween Reads and Teen Books with Books for Gamers and Steam Punk books.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis - Teenage Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her. (for High School readers; also available on CD)

Beta by Rachel Cohn - On a futuristic island paradise where humans are served by enslaved clones, a 16-year-old clone named Elysia seeks her own freedom. (for High School readers)

BZRK by Michael Grant - In the near future, the conjoined Armstrong twins, under the guise of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation, plot to create their own version of utopia using nanobots, while a guerrilla group known as BZRK develops a DNA-based "biot" that can stop bots, but at risk of the host's brain. (for High School readers)

The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer - In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire,
and his reluctant teenage apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.  (for Middle School readers; also available on CD)

Feed by M.T. Anderson - In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl in serious trouble. (for High School readers; also available in ebook format)

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them. (for High School readers; also available in ebook format)

iBoy by Kevin Brooks - 16-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power. But using that power could have deadly consequences. (for High School readers)

Insignia by S.J. Kincaid - Tom, a 14-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off planet. (for Middle School and High School readers)

Life As We Knew It by Beth Pfeffer - Through journal entries, 16-year-old Miranda describes her
family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. (for Middle School and High School readers; also available in ebook format)

The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman - After 13-year-old Tucker Feye's parents disappear, he suspects that the strange disks of shimmering air that he keeps seeing are somehow involved. When he steps inside one, he is whisked on a time-twisting journey trailed by a shadowy sect of priests and haunted by ghostlike figures. (for Middle School and High School readers; also available in ebook format)

Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card - 13-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him. (for Middle School and High School readers)

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson - At age 8, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, 10 years later, he joins the Reckoners -- the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. (for Middle School and High School readers; also available in ebook format)

Try some of these Sci Fi books from these classic authors:
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
Arthur C. Clarke
Michael Crighton
Philip K. Dick
Robert A. Heinlein
Frank Herbert