Science Fiction
In science fiction books, the author
creates a “real world” setting based
on future scientific advances. They
may include time travel, space travel, aliens or robots.
Picture Books
Scieszka, Jon, Henry P. Baloney. When Henry is late for school, he
tells a fantastic tale of alien abduction and space adventure.
Sierra, Judy. The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the
School. Watch out for Professor Swami’s Super Slime!
Van Allsburg, Chris. Zathura : a Space Adventure. When Danny and
Walter find the Zathura board game, they can’t resist playing it.
Wiesner, David. Flotsam. A boy finds an underwater camera that has
traveled through time and the sea.
Younger Elementary Chapter Books
Auch, Mary Jane. I Was a Third Grade Science Project. While
trying to hypnotize his dog for the third grade science fair, Brian
accidentally makes his best friend Josh think he's a cat.
Beecroft, Simon. Star Wars, Luke Skywalker's Amazing Story.
Read about the incredible life of Luke Skywalker.
Bunting, Eve. My Robot. Cecil is a family robot who can do all kinds of
things, but what does he do best?
Etra, Jonathan. Aliens for Breakfast. When Richard meets an alien in
his box of breakfast cereal, they team up to save his race from the evil
Dranes.
Greenburg, Dan. Dude Where’s My Spaceship? Three young aliens
crash their spaceship in the deserts of Nevada, where they are
captured and separated by humans.
Hoban, Lillian. The Laziest Robot in Zone One. Sol-1 helps all his
friends with their work in the process of avoiding his own.
Older Elementary Chapter Books
Cameron, Eleanor. The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet.
After seeing an ad in a newspaper, two boys build a spaceship in their
garage then fly it to a distant planet.
Corder, Zizou. Lion Boy. A boy with the ability to speak Cat gets help
from all kinds of felines during his fast paced cross-European search
for his kidnapped scientist parents.
Crilley, Mark. Akiko on the Planet Smoo. Akiko has a surprise trip to
a distant planet where she becomes part of an alien rescue team.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember. Lina finds out more than she
expects when her new job as Messenger takes her around this
faltering underground city of the future.
Fardell, John. The 7 Professors of the Far North. A mad scientist
kidnaps professors from all over the globe and its up to Sam, Ben and
Zara to journey to the Arctic to rescue them.
Fox, Helen. Eager. The Bell family’s new robot is not the latest, most
impressive brand available, but it is one of the first robots to learn by
trial and error.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden. In the future, when
family size is limited to two children, Luke is an illegal third child,
whose very life endangers everyone around him.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets. During a “routine” space
voyage, Puck makes friend with an alien and gets involved in a
dangerous adventure.
L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. Three kids travel through
time and space to search for Meg’s father who disappeared
mysteriously.
Nix, Garth. Mister Monday. It is Arthur’s destiny to fight evil and
save the universe with the help of The Key and the seven fragments of
The Will.
Scrimger, Richard. A Nose from Jupiter. Life is more than
uncomfortable for Allen Dingwall when an alien takes up residence in
his nose.
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society. Four very
special students infiltrate the Learning Institute for the Very
Enlightened and try to uncover its diabolical secrets.