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August 06, 2009

Sci Fi for Kids

In the J Fiction section:

Rat Trap
Author: Daley, Michael
Call Number: J DALEY

Bioengineered Rat and her 12-year old human companion, Jeff, stand together when Dr. Vivexian, who considers Rat his masterpiece, arrives at the space station to capture her.


The City of Ember
Author: DuPrau, Jean
Call Number: J DUPRAU
Series: Ember

In the year 241, 12-year old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Sequels follow


Enchantress from the Stars
Author: Engdahl, Sylvia
Call Number: J ENGDAHL

When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.


Another Heaven, Another Earth
Author: Hoover, H. M.
Call Number: J HOOVER

After being lost for several hundred years, a space colony is rediscovered by an exploratory expedition from Earth whose technology threatens to destroy the colony's painfully constructed civilization.


Cyberia
Author: Lynch, Chris
Call Number: J LYNCH

In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.


The Girl Who Owned a City
Author: Nelson, O. T.
Call Number: J NELSON

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.


Virtual War
Author: Skurzynski, Gloria
Call Number: J SKURZYN

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.


The Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Stewart, Trent
Call Number: J STEWART

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Sequel follows


Flight of the Raven
Author: Tolan, Stephanie
Call Number: J TOLAN

Elijah, a nine-year-old African American with unusual mental powers and a special ability to reach into the natural world, becomes a hostage of a terrorist militia group and finds himself in a world of violence.

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