Mission Read Booklist & Other Stuff

Check out the Mission Read Booklist! (It's up on display in the Teens & Tweens Space.) And don't forget our first Teens & Tweens program is Thursday, July 28th @ 3pm. This will also be the first time for the Read It & Rate It drawing (if you're looking for the entry forms, they're in the Teens & Tweens space)!

Fiction

Adams, Douglas
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Arthur Dent is the only survivor of Earth, rescued just before the doomed planet is destroyed. So begins his journey throughout the galaxy.
FIC ADAMS, DOU
(DVD) LHITC
(AUDIOBOOK) V ADAM HGT

Adlington, L.J.
The Diary of Pelly D: When working for a demolition crew repairing City V, Toni V unearths a diary written by Pelly D, a girl whose unfavorable gene stamp changed her life.
YA ADLINGTON

Anderson, M.T.
Feed: In Titus’s world, no one reads, writes, or barely speaks out loud – everything is transmitted through a “feed,” a transmitter that is implanted in your brain. A girl named Violet is trying to fight the feed, but it may finish her off first.
YA ANDERSON
Staff pick!

Bechard, Margaret
Spacer and Rat: Jack has lived his entire life in the “Black,” scorning Earthies and their wasteful ways. Then he meets Kit, who just might change his mind.
YA BECHARD
Staff pick!

Card, Orson Scott
Ender’s Game: Ender has been playing computer war games all his life, and at first has no idea that this latest game against alien invaders is actually being played out in real life.
FIC CARD, ORS

Colfer, Eoin
The Supernaturalist: 14-year old Cosmo lives in an orphanage in the future, where the orphans are forced to test dangerous products by the government. Cosmo narrowly escapes and joins a group called the Supernaturalists, kids who are able to see supernatural parasites and believe they are killing off humanity.
YA COLFER

Dexter, Catherine
Alien Game: Zoe is convinced that the new girl in class Christina is an alien – she looks like a completely perfect model, she dissolves into sparks when Zoe’s around, and she appears to be winning the school’s game of “Elimination” by magic. What can Zoe do to stop her?
YA DEXTER

Grippando, James
Leapholes: Ryan is an ordinary middle schooler, embarrassed by the fact that his father is in prison. Before he realizes it, however, he is in trouble with the authorities as well, and only the elderly lawyer named Hezekiah can help him. This “help” is dependent on time-travel – is Ryan up to the task?
YA GRIPPANDO

Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Hidden: In the world Luke lives in, the government has declared each family may only have two children due to food shortages. Luke is the third child in his family, and must remain hidden.
J HADDIX

Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Double Identity: When Bethany’s parents leave her with an aunt she’s never met and no way for her to contact them, she is determined to learn the truth of her identity.
J HADDIX

Hautman, Pete
Hole in the Sky: In 2028 a lethal flu epidemic kills the majority of people on Earth. Ceej and his sister Harryette survive, and live with Uncle on the edge of the Grand Canyon. One day Uncle and Harryette disappear.
YA HAUTMAN


Jeapes, Ben
The Xenocide Mission: Lieutenant Joel Gilmore and his team find themselves in trouble when the aliens they were to spy on start to attack.
YA JEAPES

Klause, Annette Curtis
Alien Secrets: Puck is on her way to her parents after being kicked out of boarding school when she meets Hush, a Shoowa. Hush has lost something very important to his people, and needs Puck’s help to get it back.
YA KLAUSE

McNaughton, Janet
The Secret Under My Skin: After the recent technocaust (scientists were blamed for the desperate environmental conditions on Earth and taken to concentration camps), Blay is at a work camp for orphans when she is chosen for a special project.
YA MCNAUGHTON

Philbrick, Rodman
The Last Book in the Universe: Spaz lives in a damaged world of “normals” and “proovs” (genetically engineered humans) where intelligence is often no longer valued, and books don’t exist. When he meets Ryter, he realizes that the future could be different.
YA PHILBRICK

Reeve, Philip
Mortal Engines: In a distant future where towns eat settlements and cities eat towns, Tom is thrown out of London and must make his way through the “Out-Country.”
YA REEVE
Staff pick!

Rubinstein, Gillian
Galax-arena: Joey and her siblings Peter and Liane are kidnapped at an Australian train station and taken to Galax-arena, where they must perform for alien spectators.
YA RUBINSTEIN

Skurzynski, Gloria
Virtual War: Most of Earth’s population is gone due to disease, so humans must limit their contact with each other and instead spend most of their time in the virtual world. Corgan, a genetically engineered teenager who has been raised to fight a virtual war for the last uncontaminated space on Earth, discovers more than he ever wanted to know about his life.
YA SKURZYNSKI

Sleator, William
Interstellar Pig: Barney is completely bored at the New England cottage his parents are renting, so eagerly takes up the neighbor’s suggestion to play a board game with them called “Interstellar Pig.” Little does he know what he’s getting into …
J SLEATOR

Valentine, James
Jumpman Rule #1: Don’t Touch Anything: When Theodore Pine Four accidentally lands in the twenty-first century from the future due to a faulty TimeMaster Jumpman, he gets more than he bargained for when he meets Jules and Gen.
YA VALENTINE

Vande Velde, Vivian
Heir Apparent: On her fourteenth birthday, Giannine is playing a virtual realty computer game that has turned her into a medieval princess who must gain control of the throne in order to stay alive. While Giannine is playing the game, a group of censorship advocates break into the computer system and Giannine must complete it in time in order to survive in real life.
YA VANDE VELDE

Westerfeld, Scott
Uglies: Tally is about to turn sixteen in a futuristic society where sixteen means one becomes “pretty” through a complete “makeover” (extreme plastic surgery). However, when she meets Shay she wonders how terrible it would be to remain ugly.
YA WESTERFELD

Graphic Novels

Bradbury, Ray
The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel: A collection of Ray Bradbury’s short stories in graphic form, featuring other worlds, bizarre characters, and intergalactic battles.
FIC BRADBURY, RAY
Flight: Volume 1:

Kurihashi, Shinsuke
Infinite Ryvius: Volume 1: In this story of an Earth that has been mostly destroyed, the main characters live in a nearby space station. Unfortunately their space station is soon shattered as well and they are forced to seek a new home.
YA INFINITE RYVIUS

Marukawa, Tomohiro
The World of Narue: Book One: While Narue goes to school like the rest of us, she is also half-alien. Follow her adventures in dating, alien attacks, and other interesting things.
YA WORLD OF NARUE

Naifeh, Ted
Unearthly: Volume 1: When Ann falls for Jem, her life starts to change, despite the fact that he’s dating someone else. But is Jem really human?
YA UNEARTHLY

Sugisaki, Yukiru
D.N. Angel, Volume 1: Daisuke is like every other middle schooler, with one exception: when he starts thinking about his crush, he mutates into the Phantom Thief due to a genetic condition. What can he do?
YA D.N. ANGEL

TenNapel, Doug
Earthboy Jacobus: Just retired from the Modesto Police Department, Chief Edwards has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. Then he meets Jacobus, a boy who is trapped inside a giant whale.
YA EARTHBOY JACOBUS

Whedon, Joss
Fray: In a futuristic Manhattan Fray is struggling to survive when she is formed by a demon that she is a vampire slayer. Fray does not feel up to the task, but when one of her friends is slain, she has no choice.
FIC FRAY

Whedon, Joss
Serenity: Those Left Behind: Serenity is a small ship wending its way through space, carrying a group of outlaws, fugitives, and people who just need cash and a little peace.
FIC SERENITY

Nonfiction

Card, Orson Scott
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy: How do you write a science fiction or fantasy novel? How do you get it published? Find out in this helpful how-to by one of scifi’s most famous writers, Orson Scott Card.
808.3876 CAR

Edut, Tali
Astrostyle : Star-Studded Advice for Love, Life, and Looking Good: This guide from the astrologers of Teen People is full of advice of love, life, and relationships.
133.5 EDU


Mullane, R. Mike
Do Your Ears Pop in Space?: What kind of food can you eat in space? How do you become an astronaut? Find answers to these questions and more.
J 629.4 MUL

Taschek, Karen
Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, and a Quasar-Spangled Universe: The Discoveries of the Very Large Array Telescope: Taschek describes the “Very Large Array” telescope, what it is able to see, and what is out there in the universe: black holes, planets, and other interesting objects.
J 522.682 TAS

Thimmesh, Catherine
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon: This documentary-style look at the first landing on the moon provides little-known details, biographical details of the people who helped make it happen, and way cool pictures.
J 629.454 THI