Science Fiction

1. Science Fiction

2. Ender’s Game Card, Orson Scott FIC CAR Ender Wiggens, child genius is chosen to save the world from destruction.

3. The House of the Scorpion • Farmer, Nancy FIC FAR • 14 year old Matteo was harvested/cloned from a powerful drug lord. Escape is his only chance for survival.

4. Eva • Dickenson, Peter FIC DIC • Set in the near future, Eva awakens from her coma sensing something is very wrong. After a horrific car crash, Eva discovers her new body belonged to a chimpanzee.

5. The Illustrated Man • Bradbury, Ray FIC BRA • A young man meets up with an illustrated man whose tattoo’s have the power to tell stories and show you the future.

6. Feed • Anderson, M.T. FIC AND • In the future world of teenager Titus, everyone has been implanted with a computer chip that continually feeds you your every thoughts and desires.

7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy • Adams, Douglas FIC ADA • When his home and the Earth is demolished, Arthur must hitchhike through space with his alien friend.

8. Fade • Cormier, Robert FIC COR • Paul discovers that he has the ability to disappear or “fade” and must decide how to use this new, incredible gift, for good or evil.

9. Anthem • Rand, Ayn FIC RAN • Equality 7-2521 is a freethinker living in a society that demands obedience at all times.

10. Cat’s Cradle • Vonnegut, Kurt FIC VON • Jonah discovers more than he wanted interviewing the family involved in the development of the atomic bomb.

11. Fantasy

12. The Golden Compass • Pullman, Philip FIC PUL • Young orphan, Lyra’s carefree world changes forever as she becomes involved in a dangerous game that involves missing children, discovers a mysterious woman and travels to the frozen north with her Daemon partner.

13. The Hobbit • Tolkien, J.R.R. FIC TOL • Bilbo Baggens is wished away by the great wizard Gandolf on an adventure to recover their stolen treasure.

14. Watership Down • Adams, Richard FIC ADA • A tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures as they run from the invasion of man in search of a perfect society.

15. Gathering Blue • Lowery, Lois FIC LOW • In a society that shuns the weak or physically flawed, Kira’s , whose crippled leg makes her future uncertain. Gifted with special talents, she is saved by the council, but for what purpose?

16. Stardust • Gaiman, Neil FIC GAI • Young Tristan makes a promise to his love and ventures past the wall into a wold full of adventure and discovery.

17. The Bellmaker • Jacques, Brian FIC JAC • Follows Rab on his quest to rescue his king and queen. Another “Redwall” book.

18. ERAGON • Paolino, Christropher FIC PAO • A young farm boy discovers a dragon’s egg. Overnight his destiny changes with magic and power.

19. Across the Wall • Nix, Garth FIC NIX • Nicolas will do anything to return to his kingdom, across the wall facing many obstacles.

20. Multicultural Stories

21. Angela’s Ashes • McCourt, Frank 921 McC • Born to Irish immigrants and raised in poverty, Frank tells the story of his mother’s attempts to keep the family together.

22. The Color of Water • McBride, James 305.896 McB • James grows up in an interracial family and writes this tribute to his inspirational mother.

23. Farewell to Manzanar • Watasuki Houston, Jeanne 921 HOU • The true story of one spirited American family’s life in a Japanese internment camp in the 1940’s.

24. Esperanza Rising • Munoz Ryan, Pam FIC RYA • Having to leave her privileged life in Mexico after her father is murdered, Esparanza and her mother flee to California and a life of harsh migrant camp work.

25. Children of the River • Crew, Linda FIC CRE • Sundara, a Cambodian refugee, longs to fit into high school in Oregon and stay loyal to her heritage.

26. The Tequila Worm • Canales, Viola FIC CAN • Sophia’s stories of growing up in a barrio full of mystery and magic.

27. Cuba 15 • Osa, Nancy FIC OSA • Violet learns of her Cuba ancestry as her grandmother plans her quincenero.

28. Behind the Eyes • Stork, Francisco X. FIC STO • Hector has spent 16 years unnoticed until the violent death of his brother. Now he must escape the gang members that are after him.

29. Buried Onions • Soto, Gary FIC SOT • Nineteen year old Eddie drops out of college and struggles to find himself as a Mexican American.

30. By the Lake of Sleeping Children • Urrea, Luis Alberto 306 URR • The simple joys and horrors of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States.

31. Chandra’s Secrets • Stratton, Alan FIC STR • How HIV/AIDS threatens a young girl’s family I Sub-Sahara Africa.

32. Crossing • Martinez, Manuel Luis FIC MAR • 16 year old Luis uses a “coyote” to come to the United States to seek his fortune and hopes to survive the journey.

33. The House on Mango Street • Cisneros, Sandra FIC CIS • Esparanza tells of all the interesting people she and her sister meet in their neighborhood.

34. Ask Me No Questions • Budhos, Marina Tamar FIC BUD • Living in New York City after 9/11 becomes impossible for Nadira and her family when their illegal status is discovered and they are thrown into a world of red tape.

35. Estrella’s Quinceanera • Alegria, Malin FIC ALE • About to turn 15, Estrella is dreading her special birthday celebration, not sure if her new friends at the exclusive school will understand.

36. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier • Beah, Ishmael 921 BEA • Trained at 13 to become a soldier in Sierra Leon, Ishmael somehow has the strength to survive and start a new life in America.

37. Holocaust Stories

38. The Cage • Sender, Ruth 940.53 SEN • A young girl, after losing both parents, keeps her family together in the Lodz ghetto and finally Auschwitz.

39. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: a novel of war and survival • Murphy, Louise FIC MUR • Two children are left alone to wander the woods where a “witch” is determined to keep them safe from the German soldiers.

40. The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank • Feldman, Ellen FIC FEL • This is the story of what might have happened had Peter survived the holocaust and started a new life in a new county.

41. If I Should Die Before I Wake • Nolan, Han FIC NOL • Hilary, a Neo-Nazi initiate, lies in a coma and is transported back to Poland at the beginning of WWII as a young Jewish girl.

42. Night • Wiesel, Elie 950.53 WIE • At the age of 15 a Jewish boy, Wiesel, is sent with his family to a German concentration camp. He narrates the horrors he witnesses during his incarceration.

43. In the Mouth of the Wolf • Zar, Rose 940.53 ZAR • Using false papers, Rose flees Poland and is hired to wrok for an S.S. officer and his family.

44. Schindler’s List • Keneally, Thomas FIC KEN • Oskar Schindler’s remarkable story of saving thousands of Jews by harboring them in his factory during the war.

45. Anne Frank Remembered • Gies, Miep 921 GIE • Miep’s story of hiding the Frank family in the Annex. A supplement to Anne’s diary.

46. Briar Rose • Yolen, Jane FIC YOL • The “sleeping beauty” fairy tale is linked to the Holocaust, as a young girl travels to Europe to discover her grandmother’s past.

47. The Book Thief • Zusak, Markus FIC ZUS • An amazing story about the ability of books to feed the soul of a young girl and her neighbors in Germany during WWII.

48. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Boyne, John FIC BOY • Bruno, the young son of a German officer, is living in “Out-With” where he becomes friendly with a young boy on the other side of the fence.

49. Milkweed: a novel • Spinelli, Jerry FIC SPI • Mischa, a young orphan surviving any way he can on the streets of Warsaw during WWII.

50. The Hiding Place • TenBoom, Corrie 921 TEN • Working with the Dutch underground, Corrie and her family hide their neighboring Jewish friends until they are all arrested and sent to a concentration camp.