Science Fiction

Some of our favorite science fiction stories for school-age children.


Compiled by:
Children's Services Staff

Younger Elementary

Dude Where's My Spaceship?

Dan Greenburg
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Greenbu)
Series: Weird planet; 1

When their spaceship crash lands on Earth, Ploo is captured by the Army and taken to the mysterious Area 51. While her brothers, Lek and Klatu, try to rescue her, Ploo uses her ESP to make a new friend.


The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza

James Kochalka
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J Kochalk)

The Glorkian Warrior isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so it's good he's got his trusty talking backpack to advise him as they set out on a perilous journey to deliver a pizza. The pizza's got clams and peanut butter on it, so it's not clear who's going to want it, but deliver it they will.


I Was a Third Grade Science Project

Mary Jane Auch
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Auc)

While trying to hypnotize his dog for the third grade science fair, Brian accidentally makes his best friend Josh think he's a cat.


Lunch Walks Among Us

Jim Benton
(Juvenile Fiction - J Benton)
Series: Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist; 1

Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.


On the Dog

Judith Greenburg
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Greenbu)
Series: Andrew Lost; 1

When ten-year-old Andrew invents a shrinking machine, he does not expect to be sucked into the machine along with his cousin - and end up in a dog's nose!


Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot: The First Adventure

Dav Pilkey
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Pi)
Series: Ricky Ricotta; 1

Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, saves a giant robot from his evil creator, Dr. Stinky, and in turn, the robot protects Ricky from the bullies at school and it saves the city from Dr. Stinky's plan to destroy it.


Older Elementary

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Brandon Sanderson
(Juvenile Fiction - J Sanders)
Series: Alcatraz Smedry Adventures; 1

On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world.


Among the Hidden

Margaret Peterson Haddix
(Juvenile Fiction - J Haddix)
Series: Shadow Children; 1

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.


Circus Galacticus

Deva Fagan
(Juvenile Fiction - J Fagan)

Trix's life in boarding school as an orphan charity case has been hard but when an alluring young Ringmaster invites her, a gymnast, to join Circus Galacticus she gains an entire universe of deadly enemies and potential friends, along with a chance to unravel secrets of her own past.


The City of Ember

Jeanne DuPrau
(Juvenile Fiction - J Duprau)
Series: Books of Ember; 1

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


The Clone Codes

Pat McKissack
(Juvenile Fiction - J Mckissa)
Series: Clone Codes Trilogy; 1

On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, thirteen-year-old Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America.


The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Nancy Farmer
(Juvenile Fiction - J Farmer)

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.


Fuzzy Mud

Louis Sachar
(Juvenile Fiction - J Sachar)

Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world


The Giver

Lois Lowry
(Juvenile Fiction - J Lowry)
Series: The Giver Quartet; 1

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.


Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Judd Winick
(J-MANGA Hilo v. 1 Winick)
Series: Hilo; 1

When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world.


Infinity Ring. 1, A Mutiny in Time.

James Dashner
(Juvenile Fiction - J Infinity Das)
Series: Infinity Ring; 1

Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa María--to correct history and defeat the SQ.


Interworld

Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
(Juvenile Fiction - J Gaiman)
Series: Interworld Novels, 1

At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.


The Roar

Emma Clayton
(Juvenile Fiction - J Clayton)

In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.


The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1

PJ Haarsma
(Juvenile Fiction - J Haarsma)
Series: Softwire; 1

When twelve-year-old Johnny and his sister arrive on Orbis in a space ship of orphans, he finds he has a unique ability to communicate with computers.


The White Mountains

John Christopher
(Juvenile Fiction - J Chr)
Series: Tripods series: book 1

Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants. First in The Tripods trilogy.


A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle
(Juvenile Fiction - J Lengle)
Series: Time Quintet; 1

Meg Murray and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.


Zita the Spacegirl. 1, Far From Home

Ben Hatke
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J Hatke)
Series: Zita the Spacegirl; 1

When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.
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