Entering Grade 9

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

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Door in the Dark
​by Scott Reintgen
​​Students from a magic school get stranded in the woods when their teleportation spell malfunctions. One of the students actually arrives...unalive. The stakes for survival are high as the woods are famously dangerous, as is the monster hunting them. Can they see past their cliques and preconceived notions of each other to make it out alive?
​Cold Wire
by Chloe Gong
As the people of this book seek to escape their crumbling world, they seek refuge in a cleaner, happier virtual reality. Meanwhile, a cold war is raging and the orphans of this world must enter the military academy or be labeled a spy. The political workings and intrigue here will get your heart pounding. Book one of a trilogy.
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. 
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
The story of five seemingly disconnected outsiders united by one book, whose stories span more than 500 years, this award winning novel takes us from Australia to Idaho to Constantinople and outer-space in one beautifully written book, 
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.
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.

Challenge by choice books

 The Will of the Many
by James Islington
If you liked Red Rising by Pierce Brown, you will love this! It's like Red Rising on steroids. Complex characters, plot, and so many twists and turns. This is a world where lower classes or criminals are strapped to stone slabs called "sappers" and their literal will to live is pulled from them. Then it is transferred to the upper class citizen for whom it is earmarked. Men and women of high status have incredible strength and speed because others have sacrificed their "will" to them. But when our main character comes of age, he thinks it's time for a change. Wouldn't you?!
Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
Despite warnings from the United States' most prominent biophysicists that decontamination efforts may not be stringent enough for probes returning from space, a contaminated probe lands in the desert of Arizona. As mysterious deaths start to gain in numbers, the race is on to solve the mystery and of why and how these people died. Perfect for fans of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and The Hot Zone by Richard Preston.
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