Bradbury, Ray
FAHRENHEIT 451
Appx. 179 Pages
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future,
firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly
painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where
trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad.
Card, Orson Scott
ENDER’S GAME
Appx. 324 pages
Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien "buggers" are poised for a final assault.
The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers.
But who? Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master.
And a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood
ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool. Among the elite recruits Ender proves
himself to be a genius among geniuses. In simulated war games he excels. But is the pressure
and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations are one thing. How will Ender perform in
real combat conditions? After all, Battleschool is just a game. Right?
Christopher, John
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Apps. 214 Pages
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom
where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make
them docile, obedient servants.
Dickinson, Peter
WEATHERMONGER
Appx. 216 Pages
People of the future recreate the Middle Ages by destroying machines and by subjecting
anyone found with a machine or a knowledge of mechanics to severe punishment or death.
Farmer, Nancy
EAR, EYE, AND THE ARM
Appx. 400 pages
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in
a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
Farmer, Nancy
HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
Appx. 400 pages
Newbery Honor author Nancy Farmer wows us with this riveting sci-fi thriller about a young
clone struggling for acceptance in his tumultuous, sheltered world.
Matt's last name is Alacrán, which means that he belongs to a powerful family that
controls the drug Farms between the U.S. and the former Mexico. But Matt's different; he's a
clone in a world filled with dangers for his kind. His only protection from the brutal
surroundings are El Patron, the elderly patriarch/drug lord kingpin from which he was made,
his caretaker Celia, and a bodyguard who has been assigned to him. Things fall apart when Matt
learns the real reason for his creation and he makes a harrowing escape to a promising -- yet
frighteningly insecure -- world. With all the makings of a modern classic, The House of the
Scorpion is both shocking and intense, particularly because it looks toward
an all-too-possible future. Another impressive book from Farmer, this novel is true science fiction genius.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
AMONG THE HIDDEN
Appx. 160 pages
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
AMONG THE BETRAYED
AMONG THE IMPOSTERS
Lindbergh, Anne
NICK OF TIME
Appx. 204 Pages
Thirteen-year-old Jericho, whose father runs an unconventional school in their home, passes
through an invisible gateway into the year 2094 and discovers a future world of uniformity and
overpopulation, where his school has been made a national monument.
Lowry, Lois
GATHERING BLUE
Appx. 224 pages
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live
in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the
bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Lowry, Lois
THE GIVER
Appx. 208 pages
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
society in which he lives.
Moulton, Deborah
CHILDREN OF TIME
Appx. 198 Pages
David reluctantly obeys the laws of the computer-controlled government of the future which
demands that every child spend every other month with a foster parent until he is imprisoned by
a mad woman in a castle with hundreds of other children.
Nelson, O.T.
GIRL WHO OWNED A CITY
Appx. 192 pages
When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve,
ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life.
Philbrick, Rodman
THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE
Appx. 224 pages
In a world where most people are plugged into brain-drain entertainment systems epileptic
teenager Spaz is a rare human being who can see life for what it really is. When he meets an
old man called Ryter, he begins to learn about earth and its past. With Ryter as his companion,
Spaz sets off on an unlikely quest to save his dying sister and in the process, perhaps the
world.
Skurzynski, Gloria
VIRTUAL WAR
Appx. 152 pages
In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three
young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in
virtual reality.
Wells, Orson
TIME MACHINE
Appx. 115 Pages
A scientist invents a machine that transports him far into the future where he discovers a
changed world inhabited by two unusual races, the Eloi and the Morlocks.
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