NJASL 2014 Annotated booklist to accompany PowerPoint on New Science Fiction & Fantasy for Middle & HS Fans & Others
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Gabe Fuentes, an 11-year-old boy, is invited by a purple alien named the Envoy to become Earth's ambassador to the galaxy. The document provides summaries of several works of science fiction and fantasy for middle school and high school readers, describing plots that involve teens dealing with issues like human cloning, alien invasions, dystopian futures, and more.
NJASL 2014 Annotated booklist to accompany PowerPoint on New Science Fiction & Fantasy for Middle & HS Fans & Others
- 1. 1 NJASL 2014 -New Science Fiction & Fantasy for Middle & High School Fans & Others Presented by Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library srawlins@njstatelib.org William Alexander. Ambassador. 2014. Simon & Schuster. Margaret K. McElderry Books. 978- 1-442-49764-1. $16.99. (Grades 6-8) Gabe Fuentes, 11, expects to spend his summer babysitting his siblings but his plans change when a purple reassure known as the Envoy invites him to become Earth's Ambassador to the Galaxy. How can he refuse? Austen Aslan. Islands at the End of the World. 2014. Random House Children’s Books. 9780385744027. $17.99. (Gr. 9-12) In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. Joshua David Bellin - Survival Colony 9. Margaret K McElderry/Simon & Schuster, 2014. $18.99. 978-1-4814-0354-2 (Gr. 7 & up) Teenager Querry, 14, has a traumatic head injury and has no memory of his prior life. he knows he's a member of Survival Colony 9 in a postapocalyptic world where there's a dwindling supply of water. Alien creatures called Skaldi pose the most threat because they feed off the bodies and life energy of humans. His memory is the key to defeating the vicious Skaldi. Jenna Black. Replica (Replica Trilogy series). 2013. TOR. 978-0-7653-3371-1. $9.99 pbk. (Gr. 9-12) Sixteen-year-old Nadia lives a privileged life in the Corporate States, formerly the United States of America, but when her betrothed is killed and then wakes up in the replication tanks, the pair sets out to find a killer while keeping the secrets of human replication technology from the dangerous people who run their world. Jenna Black. Resistance (Replica Trilogy series #2). 2014. TOR. 978-0-7653-3372-8. $9.99. (Gr. 9 – 12) Sequel to Replica. After weeks spent attempting to solve his own murder with the help of his best friend and betrothed, Nadia Lake, Nate has found the answers he was seeking...and he doesn’t like what he’s discovered. Rachel Manija Brown. Stranger. 2014. Viking Juvenile. 978-0670014804. $18.99. (Gr. 8-12) Told in alternating third-person narratives by teenage citizens of Las Anclas (a desolate future Los Angeles), this dystopian novel follows a town’s attempts to survive after a solar storm ravaged the world and mutated some of its inhabitants. (Not published until Nov. 13)
- 2. 2 Rachel Cohn. Beta (Beta series #1). 2012. Disney-Hyperion. 978-142315719-9. $17.99. (Gr. 9 & up) On a futuristic island paradise where humans are served by enslaved clones, a 16-year-old clone named Elysia seeks her own freedom. Sequel: Emergent. 2014. Kimberly Derting. Taking. 2014. HarperTeen. $17.99. 978-0-06-229362-6. (Gr. 8 & up) When 16-year-old Kyra Agnew walkes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas 'n' Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vulgar, she heads home only to find that 5 years have passed...yet she hasn't aged a day. Janet Edwards. Earth Girl. (2013). Prometheus Books. 978-161614-7655. $17.99. (Gr. 7 – 9) Sequel: Earth Star. (2014) Abandoned on Earth because of her inability to survive on other planets, Jarra crafts a fake background for herself to join a class of norms who are excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities. Stefanie Gaither. Falls the Shadow. Simon & Schuster. 2014. $18.99. 978-1-4424-9752-5. (Gr. 8 & up) Cloned sister of teen Cate becomes involved in a murder of one of the most popular students in school so she investigates and finds powerful forces at work. Stuart Gibbs. Space Case. 2014. Simon & Schuster. 978-1-4424-9486-2. $16.99 (Grades 3-7) Twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent scientists. T. M. Goeglein. Embers & Ash: Cold Fury: Book 3.Putnam/Penguin. 2014. $17.99. 978-0-399- 25722-3. (Gr. 8-10) Last book in series of teen who is member of organized crime family in Chicago. She possesses Cold Fury & can produce a lot of electricity when she becomes emotional; if she doesn't discharge it she could possibly electrocute herself from within. Michael Grant. BZRK. Egmont. 2012. 978-1-60684-418-2. $9.99. pbk. (Gr. 8 & up) In the near future, the conjoined Armstrong twins plot to create their own version of utopia using nano bots, while a guerilla group known as BZRK develops a DNA-based biot that can stop bots, but at the risk of the host's brain. Sequels: BZRK Reloaded (2013) and BZRK Apocalypse (2014). Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate. Eve & Adam. 2012. Feiwel & Friends. 978-0-312-58351- 4. $17.99. (Gr. 8-11) After being in a car accident, a patient recovering in her mother's research facility is given the task of creating the perfect boy using detailed simulation technologies.
- 3. Michael Grant. Messenger of Fear (Messenger of Fear series #1). HarperCollins. 2014. $17.99. 978-0062-20740-1 (Gr. 9-12) Teenage Mara wakes up in a place set outside of reality. She learns she's meant to become the apprentice to the so-called Messenger of Fear, an immortal young man who judges evil doers and forces them to confront their actions and experience their greatest fears. 3 Shannon Hale. Dangerous. 2014. Bloomsbury. 978-1-59990-168-8. $17.99. (Gr. 6 – 12) When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved. Karen Healey. While We Run. 2014. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. $18.00. 978- 0316233-828. (Gr. 6-12) It’s 2127, and Abdhi Taalib meets Tegan Oglietti. Theirs isn’t an ordinary relationship because she died 100 years ago but was brought back to life in 2027. They’ve spilled the secrets behind Australia's cryonics project to the world and are on the run, & have no idea who they can trust. When they uncover startling new details about the program, they realize that thousands of lives may be in their hands. Companion to When We Wake. Kristi Helvig. Burn Out. 2014. Egmont. $17.99. 978-1-60684-479-3. (Gr. 6-10) The last survivor in Earth's final years, 17-year-old Torah Reynolds yearns to escape the planet after the sun turns "red giant." Jennifer L Holm. The Fourteenth Goldfish. Random House. 2014. $16.99. 978-0-375-87064-4. (Gr. 4-7) Boy who comes to lives with 12 year old girl is actually her grandfather. he's discovered a cure for aging but it comes with some catches. Catherine Jinks. Saving Thanehaven. 2013. Egmont. 978-1-60684-2744. $17.99. (Grades 5 & up) Set in a computer game, a knight is swayed away from the game's rules by the promise of winning the affections of a Princess and ending his life of torment. S.J. Kincaid. Insignia. 2012. HarperCollins. 9780062092991. $17.99. (Gr. 8 – 12) Vortex (Insignia series #2); Catalyst (Insignia series #3) It's World War III. The enemy is winning. What if the government's secret weapon is you? Video gamer Tom Raines has been recruited for the chance of a lifetime: to train at the Pentagonal Spire, an elite military academy, in preparation for becoming a member of the Intrasolar Forces. Life at the Spire holds everything that Tom's always wanted and never had—
- 4. 4 friends, the possibility of a girlfriend, and a life where his every action matters—but what will it cost him? Vortex (#2 in Insignia series) Catalyst (#3 in Insignia series). (Gr. 9-12) Dan Krokos. The Black Stars. 2014. Starscape. 978-0-7653-3429-9. $17.99. (Grades 5-8) Mason, 13, helped bring peace between humans and the alien Tremists and became an intergalactic hero. With the new peace treaty on shaky ground, Mason's called upon to infiltrate the Tremist school for soldiers after his classmates begin to disappear under mysterious circumstances. Dan Krokos. The Planet Thieves. 2013. Starscape. 9780765334282. $15.99. (Grades 5-8) The Planet Thieves is the first thrilling installment of a new middle-grade series. On a routine voyage aboard an Academy spaceship, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and his fellow cadets are attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years. Sequel: The Black Stars (2014). Mike Lancaster. The Future We Left Behind. 2012. Egmont. 978-1-60684-410-6. $16.99. (Gr. 7 & up) A thousand years after the release of the Straker Tapes, when Peter and Alpha discover that stories of human upgrades are true, they strive to stop a group of scientists from making a decision that could destroy humanity. Sequel to Human.4 Melissa Landers. Alienated. Hyperion. 2014. $16.99. 978-1-423170-280 (Gr. 6-12) HS senior Cara gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to participate in earth's first intergalactic high school exchange program. Sequel: Invaded (due out Feb. 2015) Martin Leicht & Isla Neal. Mothership (Ever-Expanding Universe series). 2012. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 978-1-44242-9604. $16.99. (Gr. 9 – 12) In 2074, while attending the Hanover School for Expecting Teen Mothers aboard an earth-orbiting spaceship, sixteen-year-old Elvie finds herself in the middle of an alien race war and makes a startling discovery about her pregnancy. Sequel: A Stranger Thing (out in November 2014) D. J. McHale. Sylo (The Sylo Chronicles Series #1). 2013. Razorbill. $17.99. 978-1595-146656. (Gr. 8 & up) Apocalyptic series opener that asks what's going on on an island off the coast of Maine? Is it an alien invasion or a battle between two branches of our government that has escalated into a shooting war? Teenaged Tucker Pierce finds himself caught up in investigating these mysterious goings-on.
- 5. 5 Lynne Matson. Nil. Henry Holt/Macmillan. 2014. 978-0-8050-9771-9. $17.99. (Gr. 9 & Up) Girl burns, then freezes in parking lot of a Target in GA and the finds herself in a red-Martian like setting. The rules on this island are that have one year or reach a gateway or you die. Lauren Miller. Free to Fall. 2014. HarperCollins. 978-0062199-805. $17.99. (Gr. 8 & up) It’s 2030—handhelds are tinier, Gnosis is society’s current technology juggernaut, and people rely on a program called Lux to maximize happiness for their every decision, down to ordering coffee. Like most people, Rory Vaughn consults Lux every chance she gets, but she has a secret: she suffers from “the Doubt,” an inner voice that supposedly marks a person as crazy. Peter Moore. V is For Villain. 2014. Disney-Hyperion. 978-1423157-496. $17.99. (Gr. 6-12) In a near-future United States, adolescents with extreme talents, such as flying and superhuman fighting strength, attend the Monroe Academy for Powered Teens. Younger siblings of these heroes-in-training, who apparently lack superpowers themselves, can also attend, but they are placed in the academy’s “A-program” for the ungifted and Brad, 16, finds himself in his program because of his seemingly lack of talent. Kass Morgan. Day 21. 2014. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 978-0-316-23455-9. $18.00. (Gr. 9 & up) Sequel to The 100. It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, the hundred struggle to survive the only way they can--together, as secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. Kass Morgan. The 100. 2013. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 978-0-3162344-74. $18.00. (Gr. 9 & up) When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world. Mary E. Pearson. Fox Forever. 2013. Henry Holt. 978-0-8050-9434-3. $17.99. (Gr. 8 & up) Before he can start a life with Jenna, seventeen-year-old Locke, who was brought back to life in a newly bioengineering body after an accident destroyed his body 260 years ago, must do a favor for the resistance movement opposing the nightmarish medical technology. Last book in the Jenna Fox Chronicles after The Adoration of Jenna Fox and The Fox Inheritance. Amy Kathleen Ryan. Glow (Sky Chasers series #1). 2011. $17.99. St. Martin’s Press. 9780312590567. (Gr. 8 & up) Spark (Sky Chasers series #2); Flame (Sky Chasers series #3). Part of the first generation to be conceived in deep space, fifteen-year-old Waverly is expected to marry young and have children to populate a new planet, but a violent betrayal by the dogmatic leader of their sister ship could have devastating consequences.
- 6. 6 Rachel Searles. The Lost Planet. 2014. Feiwel & Friends. 978-1-250-03879-1. $15.99. (Grades 4-7) Waking up on a distant planet, Chase Garrety is horrified to learn that he has no memory of his life and finds himself under the protection of a mysterious benefactor who requires him to complete an important mission before time runs out. Sequel Stolen Moon coming out Jan. 2015. Gard Skinner. Game Slaves. 2014. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0547972-596. $16.99. (Gr. 9-12) Phoenix and his team rule the worlds of video games. For them, life in the grinder is great. Until Dakota joins them. Dakota's convinced she's real, and she wants out of this programmable world. Her AI rebellion spreads like a virus until Phoenix's entire crew wants out. But is life as a physical human any better than life as code? Team Phoenix is about to find out. Philip Webb. Where the Rock Splits the Sky. 2014. Chicken House/Scholastic. $17.99. 978-0- 545-557016. (Gr. 6-12) Long after the Visitors split the moon and stopped the earth from turning, Megan and her two friends mount their horses and set out across the Zone, where laws of nature do not apply, hoping to solve the mystery of her missing father and of the paralyzed planet itself. Melissa West - Gravity (The Taking series #1). 2012. Entangled Publishing. 978-1620-610916. $9.99 pbk. (Gr. 9 & up) Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed—arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. Bethany Wiggins. Stung (Stung series #1). 2014. Walker & Company. 978-0802735898. $9.99 pbk. (Gr. 9-12) Fiona Tarsis wakes up to a world of nightmares in this fast-paced, fever-bright post-apocalyptic adventure. Her brother's a monster, her Denver suburb's a wasteland, and she doesn't even recognize herself or the 10-legged tattoo on her hand. Fiona has no memory of the last four years or how the world changed, but she quickly learns how dangerous life is outside the wall. Cured (#2 in series). Dan Yaccarino. Zorgoochi Intergalactic Pizza: Delivery of Doom. 2014. Feiwel & Friends. 978- 1-250-00844-2. $16.99. (Gr. 4 – 7) Newly responsible for delivering pizza all over the galaxy, Luno and his friends Clive, an intelligent garlic bulb, and Chooch, a robot pizza oven, go on dangerous deliveries and try to evade those who would steal the Zorgoochi family Golden Anchovy.