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Recommended Reading: Science Fiction: Children's

Children's Science Fiction Awards

Core Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction
Includes lists of notable books in children's and young adult science fiction: the Golden Duck Notable Picture Books List (ages 0-6), the Eleanor Cameron List (ages 7-11), and the Hal Clement List (ages 12-18) from 2018—present. Selected titles published between 1991 and 2017 can be found on Wikipedia. Recommended titles published prior to 1991 can be found on the Core Excellence Website.

Picture Books

June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
Call Number: PZ7.W6367 Ju 1992
ISBN: 0395597625
Publication Date: 1992
Available at CRC and SCC.
Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid by Jane Yolen
Call Number: PZ7.Y78 Co 1996
ISBN: 0698114043
Publication Date: 1996
Available at FLC.
Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis
Call Number: PZ7.P8362 Bes 2016
ISBN: 9781626721364
Publication Date: 2016
Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim
Call Number: PZ8.3.K5592 Rab 2018
ISBN: 9781338036398
Publication Date: 2018
Available at ARC - Children's Collection.
Field Trip to the Moon by John Hare
Call Number: PZ7.1.H3675 Fi 2019
ISBN: 9780823442539
Publication Date: 2019

Short Books

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Call Number: PZ8.S14 Li 2000
ISBN: 0152023984
Publication Date: 1943
Available at ARC - First Floor Children's Collection & FLC Read for Practice.
The Magic School Bus: Sees Stars by Nancy White & Art Ruiz (Illustrator)
Call Number: QB801.7 .W44 1999
ISBN: 0590187325
Publication Date: 1999
Available at ARC - Children's Collection.
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Q126.4 .C65 2006
ISBN: 0590108247
Publication Date: 2006
Available at ARC - Children's Collection.

Short Chapter Books

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: PZ7.L5385 Wr
ISBN: 0374386137
Publication Date: 1962
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Call Number: PZ7.L9673 Gi & eBook
ISBN: 9780395645666
Publication Date: 1993
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Call Number: PZ7.P52112 La 2000
ISBN: 0439087589
Publication Date: 2000
The Space Explorers by Joanna Cole; Eva Moore; Ted Enik (Illustrator)
Call Number: QB501.3 .M65 2000
ISBN: 0439114934
Publication Date: 2000
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Call Number: PZ7.F23814 H69 2002
ISBN: 9780689852220
Publication Date: 2002
Available at CRC.

Long Chapter Books

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Call Number: PR6051.D3352 H5
ISBN: 9780345453747
Publication Date: 1979
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Call Number: PS3553.A655 E5
ISBN: 9781250773012
Publication Date: 1985
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Call Number: PS3603 .O4558 H87 2008
ISBN: 9780439023481
Publication Date: 2008
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Call Number: MeyerM #1
ISBN: 9780312641894
Publication Date: 2012
Available at ARC - 1st Floor - Popular Reading.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Call Number: PR9199.4.D56 M37 2017
ISBN: 9781770864863
Publication Date: 2017
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Call Number: PZ7.S37845 Dar 2021
ISBN: 9780062888280
Publication Date: 2021
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Call Number: PZ7.1.H5468 Las 2021 & eBook
ISBN: 9781646142187
Publication Date: 2021

Non-Fiction

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars by Douglas Florian
Call Number: PZ7.F66 C56 2007
ISBN: 9780152053727
Publication Date: 2007
Boy, Were We Wrong about the Solar System! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski; John Rocco (Illustrator)
Call Number: QB501.3 .K83 2008
ISBN: 9780525469797
Publication Date: 2008