Slideshow from the USM Children's Book Festival on April 13, 2012.

1. Sci Fi for
Tweens and
Teens Who
Don’t Like Sci Fi
(Sci Fi on the Sly)
Dr. Karin Perry
April 13, 2012

2. Slideshow and Book List
 www.slideshare.net/karinlibrarian

3. Science Fiction
 Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing
with imaginary but more or less plausible
(or at least non-supernatural) content such
as future settings, futuristic science and
technology, space travel, aliens, and
paranormal abilities. Exploring the
consequences of scientific innovations is
one purpose of science fiction, making it a
"literature of ideas".

4. Science Fiction Elements
 A time setting in the future, in alternative timelines, or in a historical past
that contradicts known facts of history or the archaeological record.
 A spatial setting or scenes in outer space (e.g., spaceflight), on other
worlds, or on subterranean earth.
 Characters that include aliens, mutants, androids, or humanoid robots.
 Technology that is futuristic (e.g., ray guns, teleportation machines,
humanoid computers).
 Scientific principles that are new or that contradict known laws of nature, for
example time travel, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel.
 New and different political or social systems (e.g. dystopia, post-scarcity, or
a post-apocalyptic situation where organized society has collapsed).
 Paranormal abilities such as mind control, telepathy, telekinesis, and
teleportation.

5. THE ADORATION OF JENNA
FOX by Mary E. Pearson
 About a girl recovering
from a terrible
accident.
 Sequel THE FOX
INHERITANCE

6. AMONG THE HIDDEN by
Margaret Peterson Haddix
 Shadow Children
series
 Overpopulation
 Families can only
have two children
 Population Police

7. ARTICLE 5 by Kristen Simmons
 The Bill of Rights has been
revoked, and replaced with
the Moral Statutes.
 There are no more police—
instead, there are soldiers.
There are no more fines for
bad behavior—instead, there
are arrests, trials, and maybe
worse. People who get
arrested usually don't come
back.

8. ASHES by
Ilsa Bick
 Girl with a brain tumor has
decided she has had
enough treatment.
 Goes camping in the
mountains to “say
goodbye.”
 Electromagnetic pulse
 Some people are turned
into cannibalistic
monsters.
 Alex, along with a child
she is stuck with, and a
young Army veteran try to
find safety.

9. ASHFALL by
Mike Mullin
 HUGE volcano eruption
 Alex is separated from
his family when it
happens.
 Attempts to find them in
the post-apocalyptic
world.
 Meets Darla
 Many dangers

10. BUMPED by Megan McCafferty
 In 2036 New Jersey, when
teens are expected to become
fanatically religious wives and
mothers or high-priced
Surrogettes for couples made
infertile by a widespread virus,
16-year-old identical twins
Melody and Harmony find in
one another the courage to
believe they have choices.

11. THE CARBON DIARIES 2015 by
Saci Lloyd
 Laura lives in the UK.
 UK has instituted carbon
rationing.
 Everyone gets 200
points a month.
 Swipe a card to do
ANYTHING (have to
decide what is really
important)
 Extreme weather
patterns

12. CINDER by Marissa Meyer
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg.
She’s a second-class citizen with a
mysterious past, reviled by her
stepmother and blamed for her
stepsister’s illness. But when her life
becomes intertwined with the handsome
Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself
at the center of an intergalactic struggle,
and a forbidden attraction. Caught
between duty and freedom, loyalty and
betrayal, she must uncover secrets
about her past in order to protect her
world’s future.

13. DELIRIUM by
Lauren Oliver
 Love is a disease.
 THEY have found a
cure.
 The cure is required
when you turn 18.
 Lena can’t wait.
 But, then she meets a
boy.

14. DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth
 Dystopian Chicago
 People are split into 5
factions.
 Abnegation (Selflessness),
Candor (Truth and Honesty),
Amity (Friendship, Peace,
Harmony), Erudite (Scholars,
Knowledge), and Dauntless
(Fearless, Bravery)
 At 15 you choose what
faction to join.
 Conspiracy

15. EVE by Anna Carey
 The year is 2032, sixteen
years after a deadly virus—
and the vaccine intended to
protect against it—wiped out
most of the earth’s population.
The night before eighteen-
year-old Eve’s graduation
from her all-girls school she
discovers what really happens
to new graduates, and the
horrifying fate that awaits her.

16. GIRL PARTS by
John M. Cusick
 Teens are isolating
themselves with technology.
 Sakora Industries has created
Companions- robots meant to
encourage healthy bonds to
treat dissociative disorder.
 Rose is David’s Companion.
 Will having a super hot girl
programed to be forever
devoted to him do any good?
 Did I mention there can’t be
any intimate contact unless
Rose’s programming allows
it?

17. THE GIVER by
Lois Lowry
 Classic
 Dystopian society
 Jonas learns that
there is more to life
than what he has been
taught.

18. GONE by
Michael Grant
 In the blink of an eye,
everyone over 15
disappears in Perdido
Beach.
 Struggling to survive is
hard enough, but then
some students start
developing powers.
 Good vs. Evil

19. HEIR APPARENT by
Vivian Vande Velde
 Virtual Reality video
game.
 Heir Apparent
 Due to a malfunction in
the computer because
of protests against the
company, Giannine is
stuck in the game until
she wins. If she loses,
she could die for real.

20. THE HUNGER GAMES by
Suzanne Collins
 12 Districts
 24 kids
 1 arena
 Fight to the death

21. LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by
Susan Beth Pfeffer
 Last Survivors Series
 Meteor hits the moon,
knocking it closer to
Earth.
 Devastation follows.
 Diary entries from
Miranda’s point of
view.

22. MATCHED by
Ally Condie
 Cassia has always
trusted Society to tell
her what she needs to
know.
 Society limits people.
100 poems, 100
paintings, 100 songs,
etc.
 Society even chooses
your Match (spouse).
 Is there a glitch in the
system?

23. THE MAZE RUNNER by
James Dashner
 Thomas wakes up in a
scary place.
 A group of boys
trapped with nothing
but a maze
surrounding them.
 Will they ever find an
escape?
 Who put them there?

24. MICHAEL VEY: THE PRISONER
OF CELL 25 by Richard Paul Evans
 Michael has been
bullied for years.
 He could stop it, but
doesn’t want to reveal
his secret.
 He can shock people.
 Someone is wants to
find him.

25. NEPTUNE’S CHILDREN by
Bonnie Dobkin
 Isles of Wonder is a
gigantic amusement park.
 Thousands of children are
there when a deadly virus
sweeps through and kills
everyone except the
children.
 They have to pull together
to survive.
 How far will King Neptune
go to stay in control?

26. PARALLELOGRAM #1: Into the
Parallel by Robin Brande
 Audie discovers a parallel
universe and a parallel
version of herself, living the
kind of life Audie never could
have imagined. Now, Audie
is living that life too, full of
adventure, romance, and
reality-bending science. It’s
all more than she could
have hoped for--until
something goes wrong.

27. THE POWER OF UN by
Nancy Etchemendy
 What would you do if
you had a device that
would allow you to
UNdo a mistake?
 When Gib’s sister is
gravely injured he tries
to figure out what he
needs to UNdo in
order to save her.

28. PRISM by
Faye and Aliza Kellerman
 A group of teens find
themselves trapped in a
parallel world where
drugs are illegal.
 There is no healthcare.
 Medicine isn’t available,
sickness isn’t discussed,
and everyone is scared.
 The problem is, one of
them is really sick.
 How will they get her the
help she needs?

29. THE RISE OF RENEGADE X by
Chelsea Campbell
 Superheroes vs.
Supervillains
 Teen identity struggle
 Parent issues

30. THE RIVER OF TIME Series by
Lisa Tawn Bergren
 Waterfall #1
 Cascade #2
 Torrent #3
 Bourne E-Novella
($.99 on Amazon)
 Tributary #4 (not
released)

31. SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi
 The last time she did, it was
an accident, but The
Reestablishment locked her
up for murder. No one knows
why Juliette's touch is fatal.
 Juliette hasn't touched
anyone in exactly 264 days.
 Juliette has to make a choice:
Be a weapon. Or be a
warrior.

32. TURNABOUT by
Margaret Peterson Haddix
 A group of elderly
people agree to
participate in an
experiment.
 Receive a shot that
reverses the aging
process.
 Only two women are
left alive and people
are after them.
 What happens when
they become too young
to care for themselves?

33. UGLIES by
Scott Westerfeld
 Conformity
 Tally can’t wait until
she turns 16 and can
become a “pretty.”

34. UNDER THE NEVER SKY by
Veronica Rossi
 Aria has lived her whole life in the
protected dome of Reverie. Exiled from
her home, Aria knows her chances of
surviving in the outer wasteland are slim.
If the cannibals don't get her, the violent,
electrified energy storms will.
 Then Aria meets an outsider named
Perry. He's searching for someone too.
He's also wild - a savage - but might be
her best hope at staying alive. If they can
survive, they are each other's best hope
for finding answers

35. UNWIND by
Neal Shusterman
 Chilling
 Story follows 3 teens
on their way to be
Unwound.
 The sequel,
UNWHOLLY, is set to
be released
September 2012.

36. Slideshow and Book List
 www.slideshare.net/karinlibrarian

37. References
 Card, Orson Scott (1990). How to Write Science Fiction
and Fantasy. Writer's Digest Books. p. 17. ISBN
0-89879-416-1.
 Hartwell, David G. (1996). Age of Wonders: Exploring
the World of Science Fiction. Tor Books. pp. 109–131.
ISBN 0-312-86235-0.
 Sterling, Bruce. "Science fiction" in Encyclopædia
Britannica 2008
 http://www.writing-world.com/sf/sf.shtml