Booklist: Contemporary Sci-Fi for Kids and Teens
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Song: Without a Trace theme song
In 2007, Colleen of Chasing Ray posted about the lack of sci-fi titles for teens. We discussed how science fiction does not seem to be as readily available right now in the teen department as, say, fantasy, drama, or romance. The discussion we had in her blog's comments prompted this list, which is composed of young adult sci-fi books that I have enjoyed and which have been released in the past decade.
Published in teen fiction:
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
- Uglies
- Pretties
- Specials
- Companion to the series: Extras
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
- Companion: The Last Days
Fingerprints series by Melinda Metz
#1. Gifted Touch
#2. Haunted
#3. Trust Me
#4. Secrets
#5. Betrayed
#6. Revelations
#7. Payback
Feed by M.T. Anderson
I Was a Teenage Popsicle by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
- Sequel: Beyond Cool
Published in juvenile fiction:
Star Split by Kathryn Lasky
The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Related Booklists: Vamping It Up, Go Gothic, Dystopia, Teen Mystery and Horror
