Entering Grade 9

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

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The Martian
by Andy Weir
Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on Mars. To survive he'll need to make the most of all he has left after a deadly wind storm including his skills as a biologist. 
Death Note
by Tsugumi Ohba
Light Yagami is Japan's brightest young mind, and he has grown tired of his mundane life. One day during class, he sees a notebook fall from the sky. The notebook is titled “Death Note.” Those who have their name written in the Death Note will die. Light sees this as an opportunity to serve justice to those he views as scums of the world, but will he do this without repercussion?
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. Which book will Nora choose?
Contagion
by Erin Bowman
After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project—including its members’ dead bodies. What could have caused it?
The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
​Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. When Petra awakens hundreds of years later she discovers she is the only one who remembers earth, and the only one who can tell its story.
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Naughts and Crosses
by Malorie Blackman
The Naughts are second class citizens ruled by the Crosses and Sephy and Callum are struggling to maintain their relationship across these boundaries in this racially charged thriller that pushes against the societal constructs of race.
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
A vibrant retelling of the tales of Thor, Odin, Loki et al. ​
Dune
by Frank Herbert
​In this sci-fi classic the nobleman Paul Atrides is wrongfully cast out of his society and into the harsh Arrakis desert, left to die. However, he may be the last of a superhuman race, and that knowledge will rock his universe.
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