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Science Fiction Young Adult Booklist

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By M. T. Anderson

YA ANDERSON In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious

trouble.

The Darkest Star

By Jennifer L. Armentrout

YA ARMENTROUT Evie is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and aliens can mingle freely, she meets Luc, who is more powerful

than he first seems.

Ship Breaker

By Paolo Bacigalupi

YA BACIGALUPI In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its

wealth or rescue the girl.

A Conspiracy of Stars

By Olivia A. Cole

YA COLE Octavia’s dreams of becoming a whitecoat, one of the prestigious N’Terra scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv, are changed when she realizes what kind of experiments are really

happening at the labs.

Scythe

By Neal Shusterman

YA SHUSTERMAN In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional reapers. Two teens must compete with each other

to become a scythe.

More Happy Than Not

By Adam Silvera

YA SILVERA After enduring multiple hardships, Aaron Soto is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited

love.

Bluescreen

By Dan Wells

YA WELLS In 2050 Los Angeles, Marisa and her friends experiment with an allegedly safe virtual drug and find themselves caught up

in a dangerous conspiracy.

Uglies

By Scott Westerfeld

YA WESTERFELD Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become

pretty at all.

Replica

By Lauren Oliver

YA OLIVER Lyra and Gemma get the chance to escape from the protective environments in which they were raised while uncovering secrets about the bioresearch facility that

connects them.

Life As We Knew It

By Susan Beth Pfeffer

YA PFEFFER Through journal entries Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and

volcanic eruptions.

Nyxia

By Scott Reintgen

YA REINTGEN Emmett accepts an interstellar space contract but learns en route that to win the promised fortune he and nine other recruits face a brutal competition, putting

their very humanity at risk.

Skyward

By Brandon Sanderson

YA SANDERSON When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father

being labeled a deserter.

The Light at the Bottom of the

World

By London Shah

YA SHAH Enduring a subterranean existence beneath the ruins of a submerged London at the end of the 21st century, a teen joins a prestigious submersible race in the hope of clearing her father’s name before unexpected corruption exposes devastating

truths.

Matched

By Ally Condie

YA CONDIE When Xander appears on-screen at Cassia’s Matching ceremony, she knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to

black.

The Maze Runner

By James Dashner

YA DASHNER Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds

himself if he is to escape.

Stronger, Faster, and More

Beautiful

By Arwen Dayton

YA DAYTON Six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the

definition of human.

Unplugged

By Donna Freitas

YA FREITAS Years after being sent by her family to the extravagant virtual App World to live a life of wealth and privilege, Skylar relinquishes the glamour and prestige of her expensive downloads in favor of spending time with her family in the Real World, an effort that is dashed when the borders between

worlds suddenly close.

Monster

By Michael Grant

YA GRANT When new meteorite strikes introduce an alien virus, humans develop unique superpowers that trigger a battle between teen hero

defenders and supermonsters.

The Diabolic

By S. J. Kincaid

YA KINCAID Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy's most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator's daughter, and becomes

a hostage of the galactic court.

A Wrinkle in Time

By Madeleine L’Engle

YA L’ENGLE Meg and Charles Wallace set out with their friend Calvin in a search for their father. His top secret job as a physicist for the government has taken him away and the children search through

time and space to find him.

A Sanctuary

By Caryn Lix

YA LIX Prison-guard-in-training Kenzie is taken hostage by the superpowered criminals of the Sanctuary space station--only to have to band together with them when the station is attacked by

mysterious creatures.

I Am Number Four

By Pittacus Lore

YA LORE In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six

surviving Garde members.

The Giver

By Lois Lowry

YA LOWRY 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.

Legend

By Marie Lu

YA LU In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a

common enemy.

Warcross

By Marie Lu

YA LU After hacking into the Warcross Championships' opening game to track illegal betting, bounty hunter Emika Chen is asked by the game's creator to go undercover to investigate a security problem, and she

uncovers a sinister plot.

The Knife of Never Letting Go

By Patrick Ness

YA NESS 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.

Shatter Me

By Tahereh Mafi

YA MAFI Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of

The Reestablishment.

The Towering Sky

By Katherine McGee

YA MCGEE Leda, Watt, Rylin, Avery, and Calliope struggle with their relationships, expectations, and

the secrets they are all hiding.