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Adams, Douglas
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Come along on a trek across time and space as this improbable sci-fi classic sweeps you up in its whimsical wit.
215 p. 1979
Appears on the following book lists:
 Books to Film
Science Fiction
Classics--Modern
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Adlington, L. J.
The Diary of Pelly D
When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.
282 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
End is Near
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Anderson, M. T
Feed
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.
299 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Built to Last
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Armstrong, Jennifer
The Kindling
In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
224 p. 2002
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Barnes, John
The Sky so Big and Black
At the end of the 21st Century, Terpsichore Murray is growing up on Mars. She wants to quit school and become, like her father, an ecoprospector. He has other ideas: he wants her to stay in school. He does want her along on his next long trip but only to conduct a group of younger kids from the highlands at Mars's equator back to school in Wells City. What happens next will change Terpsichore, will change Mars, and will open the door to a new chapter in the history of intelligent beings in the solar system . . . all of them.
315 p. 2002
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Bechard, Margaret
Spacer and Rat
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.
183 p. 2005
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Bell, Hilari
A Matter of Profit
Sick of the horrors of conquering beings on other planets, Ahvrem will end his service as a soldier and save his sister from marrying the Emperor's son if he can discover who is behind a rumored plot to assassinate the Emperor.
281 p. 2001
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Bradbury, Ray
Fahrenheit 451
A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit.
190 p. 2003
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Card, Orson Scott
Ender's Game
Boy genius Ender Wiggin attends a battle school where fierce battles are fought in class and behind the scenes. But what is the secret behind the school?
324 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Science Fiction
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Doctorow, Cory
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
In a quirky and dystopian world without money, illness, or death, people store their memories so they don't get bored. Young at 100, Jules works his dream job at Disney World running the Haunted Mansion ride and finds his life in danger as he fights a coup in the Magic Kingdom.
208 p. 2003
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Eldred, Tim
Grease Monkey
352 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Graphic Novels for Teens
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Engdahl, Sylvia Louise
Enchantress from the Stars
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.
288 p. 2001
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Farmer, Nancy
The House of the Scorpion
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
380 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for Guys
Newbery Honor
Printz Honor Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
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Goodman, Alison
Singing the Dogstar Blues
In a future Australia, the saucy eighteen-year-old daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor teams up with a hermaphrodite from the planet Choria in a time travel adventure that may significantly change both of their lives.
261 p. 1998
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Gould, Steven
Wildside
When Charlie inherits a ranch from his uncle, he discovers a concealed gate that leads to a parallel world where humans have never evolved.
328 p. 1996
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Halam, Ann
Siberia : a Novel
After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret seeds of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.
262 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Andre Norton Award
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Hautman, Pete
Rash
In a future society that has decided it would rather be safe than free, sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
249 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Book Trailers Spring 2007
The Perfect Holiday Gift: Books
Minnesota Book Awards
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Heinlein, Robert A.
Starship Troopers
With Earth embroiled in a vast interplanetary war with the Bugs, a young recruit in the Federal Reserves relates his experiences training in boot camp and as a junior officer in the Terran Mobile Infantry.
279 p. 2006
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Huxley, Aldous
Brave New World
Originally published in 1932, Huxley's terrifying vision of a controlled and emotionless future "Utopian" society is truly startling in its prediction of modern scientific and cultural phenomena, including test-tube babies and rampant drug abuse.
270 p. 1989
Appears on the following book lists:
Classics
Science Fiction
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Jeapes, Ben
The Xenocide Mission
Lt. Joel Gilmore, newly assigned to a surveillance station, finds the station attacked by the aliens they were observing. Joel stays behind from the escape vehicle to destroy the station's advanced technologies and finds himself in a fight for his life and that of the confederation.
387 p. 2002
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