Science Fiction for Teens
Great teen reads that ask 'What if...?' MS = Books for middle school readers (Updated January 2020)
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The Power
All over the world, teenage girls develop the ability to send an electric charge from the tips of their fingers.
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Honor Among Thieves
Homeless thief Zara is shocked to learn the alien race the Leviathan has chosen her to live aboard one of its sentient ships as it travels through space. MS
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Below
Ella’s life in Above, a place of majestic sky islands, transforms when she flees the palace guards and falls over the edge to Below, where she meets Hokk, an outcast who is amazed to see a survivor from Above.
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The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet
Rosemary joins the crew of a small ship hoping to leave her past behind, but when they take a highly risky job tunneling wormholes through space, she wonders if her new family is enough.
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The Marrow Thieves
In a world wracked with climate change, Frenchie must find other First Nation people if he is to escape the people hunting them for their bone marrow.
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On the Edge of Gone
Denise must find her missing sister and help her undependable mother find safety aboard a generation spaceship when a comet threatens all life on earth.
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When the Sky Fell on Splendor
Franny and her friends spend their days creating scripts and videos of their small town, but when they spot bright lights zooming and crashing nearby, their lives are about to change forever. MS
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Unnatural Disasters
Decades of climate change have left the world on the brink of disaster, and for Lucy, it all changes in one night. MS
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We Are the Ants
Henry’s life is a mess, and it doesn’t help that he has been periodically abducted by aliens for most of his life. And now the aliens are giving him the choice: save humanity, or let the aliens destroy it.
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Aurora Rising
Cadet Tyler’s future career is threatened by his discovery of a frozen girl from centuries earlier, but his life is threatened by the forces trying to capture her now. MS
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