Entering Grade 8
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
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Dry
by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival. |
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Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red (first in series)
by Martha Wells SecUnit is a company issue 'droid on a detail with scientists on a faraway planet. All he wants to do is watch TV and be left alone when a neighboring mission goes dark. |
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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. |
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Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. |
 
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Shadow and Bone (Grisha Trilogy)
by Leigh Bardugo Alina discovers that she possesses the power to save her war ravaged country by joining the Grisha, a group of magical elites. |
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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline In a futuristic world where most people spend their lives “plugged in” to a virtual reality, Wade is no different. Until he solves a puzzle that could potentially make him the richest man in the world, and now it’s him against every player in the world, and no one is what they say they are. |
 
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Steelheart (The Reckoners, book 1)
by Brandon Sanderson David joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. |
 
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An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir In this award winning new release a slave and a soldier fight back against the tyranny of the Martial Empire. (Ms H. Highly recommends this one!) |
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Railhead
by Philip Reeve In a world where galaxies are linked by light year speeding trains, Zen poaches rides and thieves his way through the worlds, until he is made an offer he can't resist. |
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Three Dark Crowns
by Kendare Blake For every generation in Fennbirn, three sister queens will be born and when they turn 16 one of them will kill the others and rule the kingdom. |