Science Fiction & Fantasy

1. Science Fiction & Fantasy Basic 8 Assessment #3 due first week of December.

2. Science Fiction • Technology, medical, or scientific capabilities not currently available. • Hoverboards, light sabers, intergalactic warfare, memory scanners Fantasy • Creatures, magical powers, and other elements not typically associated with our world. • Fairies, wizards, magic, witches, mythological creatures

3. The House of the Scorpionby Nancy Farmer From Goodreads: Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested with the DNA from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium. Can a boy who was bred to guarantee another’s survival find his own purpose in life? And can he ever be free? Lexile: 660 Science Fiction D

4. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Orphaned and flawed Kira lives in a world that resents her existence. Her unique talent keeps her alive for now, but will it be enough to ensure her a safe future? Lexile: 680 Science Fiction B

5. Matched by Ally Condie From Goodreads: Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch… But Cassia …begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow. Lexile: 680 Science Fiction

6. The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn The tattoo makes everything so simple in your life. Everyone 17 and older is getting one. Kayla isn’t sure the tattoo is just about convenience. What if she says no after her birthday, and doesn’t get the code? The decision not to conform may prove dangerous. Science Fiction/Fantasy Thriller Lexile: 720 Science Fiction B

7. Singularityby William Sleator From Goodreads: Identical twins Barry and Harry Krasner are house-sitting at their great-uncle's Midwest farm.  It's peaceful at first, but soon they realize there's something about the farmhouse that makes locals stay far away.  The twins are sure that the locked shed out back is their reason why – but what they find there is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Lexile: 740 Science Fiction D

8. Ugliesby Scott Westerfeld Like most teenagers, Tally can’t wait to turn 16. In her world, though, the rite of passage is all about looks, and nothing to do with driving. She’ll finally have her operation to become Pretty, and move away from the other Uglies. Her new hover-boarding friend has some dreams of her own, though… Lexile: 770 Science Fiction D

9. Ender’s Gameby Orson Scott Card Ender makes the cut for an elite soldier-training program at a young age, and starts rigorous training to save his world from the next vicious alien attack. Will Ender become the general Earth needs? Or will his devotion to his family and young age get in the way? Lexile: 780 Science Fiction B

10. Fablehavenby Brandon Mull Seth and Kendra are sent to spend the summer with their eccentric grandparents they barely know. While getting to know their grandparents, they start to realize that they are no ordinary retirees. Their grandfather is a caretaker of a magical refuge for creatures misunderstood by the world outside. Lexile: 700 Fantasy

11. Eighth Grade Bitesby Heather Brewer From Goodreads: Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and his enlarged fangs. When a substitute teacher begins to question him a little too closely, Vlad worries that his cover is about to be blown. Lexile: 780 Fantasy

12. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede From Goodreads: Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart. . . . And bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon . . . and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for. Lexile: 830 Fantasy D

13. Princess Academyby Shannon Hale From Goodreads: Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Lexile: 890 Fantasy

14. The Graveyard Bookby Neil Gaiman From Goodreads: After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. Lexile: 820 Fantasy

15. The Ordinary Princessby M. M. Kaye Fairies are welcomed to bestow blessings on a newborn princess, as is the custom in many fairy tales. The beautiful child is blessed with the same gifts as her six beautiful older sisters: wit, charm, grace, health, and courage, in addition to one unexpected and shocking gift: ordinariness. Lexile: 1090 Fantasy B

16. The Giverby Lois Lowry From Goodreads: Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. Lexile: 760 Science Fiction… B

17. Works Cited Images and reviews from Goodreads.com. See individual slide notes for URL source. Lexile scores from Scholastic.com.