Strictly Science Fiction
Strictly Science Fiction (no mythical creatures here)
Pearson, Mary The Adoration of Jenna Fox
In the near future, biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal. A 17-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
Wasserman, Robin Skinned
To save her after a horrible accident, Lia's wealthy parents transplant her brain into a mechanical body.
Grant ,Michael Gone
In a small town, everyone over the age of 14 suddenly disappears. Battle lines form between the remaining town residents and students from a local private school, and between those who are able to perform supernatural feats and those who cannot.
Card ,Orson Scott Ender's Game
An expert at simulated war games, young Andrew “Ender” Wiggin believes that he is playing a computer game when he is actually commanding Earth’s space fleet against an alien race.
Patneaude ,David Epitaph Road
In 2097, men are a controlled minority in a utopian world ruled by women. 14-year-old Kellen fights to save his father from a new outbreak of the virus that killed 97% of the male population.
Vande Velde ,Vivian Heir Apparent
Demonstrators have damaged the virtual reality equipment to which 14-year-old Giannine is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
Collins,Suzanne Collins Hunger Games
In a future North America, the rulers maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, testing their skills in a rigged contest.
Malley .Gemma The Declaration
In 2140 England, drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal. Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
Armstrong,Jennifer and Butcher, Nancy Fire-Us Trilogy
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.
Anderson,M.T. Feed
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to communicate, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Reeve ,Philip The Hungry City Chronicles
In the distant future, cities move about and consume smaller towns. A young apprentice is pushed out of the city of London and must make his way in the perilous Out-Country.
Cooper,Brenda The Silver Ship and the Sea
Six genetically enhanced children were abandoned on the dangerous colony world of Fremont following a war between colonist groups. They attempt to make a home with people who distrust them and their capabilities.
Kostick,Conor Epic
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, 14-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of their families.
Ness ,Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
Pfeffer ,Susan Beth Life As We Knew It
16-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, knocking it out of its orbit and causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
McNish,Cliff The Silver Child
Drawn to a wasteland of garbage dumps called Coldharbour, six children undergo mysterious transformations and band together to face an unknown enemy.
Westerfeld ,Scott Uglies (series)
In the future, people are divided into Uglies, under age 16, Pretties, who have had surgery to make them beautiful and Specials, who have extra modifications. But not everyone agrees that the surgeries should be mandatory.
Pow ,Tom The Pack
A band of children must scavenge to survive in a post-apocalyptic future where forbidden territories exist and the line between man and beast is blurred.
Wooding ,Chris Storm Thief
Orokos is a city of chaos, lashed by probability storms that re-order the world wherever they strike. Its citizens don’t question what exists beyond the walls – until a map holding the key to the city’s secret is discovered.
Jeapes,Ben Time's Chariot
In an overcrowded future, Earth's surplus population is dispersed throughout history, but the system that makes this possible is about to collapse with deadly consequences.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Turnabout
85 years after participating in a flawed scientific experiment to reverse the aging process, Melly and Anny Beth face the fear of being unable to care for themselves as they continue to grow younger.
Shusterman ,Neal Unwind
In a future world where those between the ages of 13 and 18 can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, 3 teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
Compiled by Jeri Cohen, May 2010
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