Entering Grade 8
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
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Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. Frenchie and his companions struggle to stay hidden from the Marrow Thieves, but one of them has the key to their survival. |
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The Hazel Wood (series)
by Melissa Albert Alice and her mother Ella move from place to place never staying anywhere long, until they get a message that Ella's mother---a reclusive author of fairy tales with a cultish fan base-- has died alone on her estate, The Hazel Wood. When Ella disappears on her way to the estate Alice receives only one message: Stay away from The Hazel Wood. |
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Dread Nation (series)
by Justina Ireland Slavery comes to a halt when the dead on Civil War battlefields begin to rise and eat their compatriots. The north and south put aside their philosophical differences and join forces against the undead. African American boys and girls are forced into combat schools to fight the zombies, and Jane is one of them, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. |
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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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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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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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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. |