by Kevin EmersonConditional Recommendation: Suspenseful events and amazing discoveries of two 13-year-olds as they struggle to survive their last day on Mars.
Genre: Science Fiction
by Michael CrichtonConditional Recommendation: A team of consultants and two kids visit an island where dinosaurs have been genetically engineered and they must deal with the consequences or die.
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
by Brandon SandersonConditional Recommendation: Spensa goes even farther into the corners of the galaxy to discover what she is and what she can do to save her people.
Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy
by Brandon SandersonConditional Recommendation: Spensa is prepared to do whatever it takes to find the answers that will free and protect her people—even travel across the galaxy and engage in espionage.
Genre: Sci Fi, Fantasy
by Brandon SandersonConditional Recommendation: Spensa dreams of becoming a fighter pilot and defending the remnants of the human race from the Krell aliens, but she’ll have to face her father’s shameful legacy, flight school, and the Admiral’s attempts to deny her.
Genre: Sci Fi, Fantasy
by Madeleine L’EngleUnconditional Recommendation: With classic themes of family, friendship, courage, self-acceptance, and good triumphing over evil, this book is a mind-bending sci-fi fantasy sure to stretch the reader’s imagination.
Award: John Newberry Award