SCIENCE FICTION 

JAL

Alcock, Vivien. THE MONSTER GARDEN. Delacorte Press, 1998. 134p.

Using a tissue sample she believes is from one of her father's experiments in genetic engineering, Frankie accidently creates a baby monster which begins to grow at an alarming rate!

JBE

Bechard, Margaret. STAR HATCHLING. Viking, 1995. 160p.

A female-dominated culture of a distant planet encounters human beings for the first time!

JBR

Brennan, Herbie. THE MYSTERY MACHINE. Margaret McElderry Books, 1994. 91p.

Herbert accidently discovers that the weird woman who moved in next door is really a member of an alien race that plans to take over the Earth!

JCE PBK

Cerasini, Marc A. GODZILLA AT WORLD'S END. Random House, 1998. 231p.

In Antartica, a group of teenage scientists and soldiers join forces with Godzilla to become the last line of defense against an army of virulant monsters!

JCH

Christopher, John. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. London, U.K.: H. Hamilton, 1967. 151p.

Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape the ruling Tripods, who capture human beings and make them docile, obedient servants.

JCO

Coville, Bruce. I LEFT MY SNEAKERS IN DIMENSION X. Pocket Books, 1994. 180p.

Rod and his bratty cousin Elspeth are snatched into another dimension by the monstrous alien Smorkus Flinders. Also in paperback.

JCO PBK

Coville, Bruce. SPACE BRAT 2: BLORK'S EVIL TWIN. Pocket Books, 1993. 68p.

On a class field trip to the Museum of New Inventions, bratty Blork is pulled inside a copy machine which creates his evil twin.

JDE

Dexter, Catherine. ALIEN GAME. Morrow Junior Books, 1995. 204p.

As the students at her school become increasingly caught up in the annual game of Elimination, Zoe grows more and more convinced that the new girl in her eighth grade class is not what she seems.

JDI

Dillon, Barbara. MY STEPFATHER SHRANK! Harper Collins, 1i992. 118p.

Nine-year-old Mallory discovers that her new stepfather has been shrunk accidentally and tries to return him to normal size before her mother gets home!

JFA

Farmer, Nancy. THE EAR, THE EYE AND THE ARM: A NOVEL. Puffin Books, 1995. 311p.

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matiska's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them. Also in audiotape.

JHE PBK

Hess, Debra. ESCAPE FROM EARTH. Hyperion Books for Children, 1994.

Cassie and her friend Zeke, a boy from outer space, try to uncover the meaning behind a mysterious message left on board his ship, while dealing with the suspicions of Ben the class bully.

JHO

Hoover, H.W. ONLY CHILD. Dutton Children's Books, 1992. 122p.

Twelve-year-old Cody discovers that the Terran Corporation, in colonizing the planet Patma, is illegally destroying the intelligent native inhabitants, giant insect-like creatures with their own language and religion.

JHO

Hoover, H.W. THE WINDS OF MARS. Dutton Childrens's Books, 1995. 181p.

When rebel forces strike against her father, the all powerful president of Mars, teenage Annalyn finds her comfortable existence turned upside-down and her life threatened from unexpected forces.

JHO

Howarth, Lesley. MAPHEAD: THE RETURN. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1997. 237p.

Maphead, a boy with strange powers from a parallel dimension, finds himself alone without his father for the first time and returns to Rubytown to find his own destiny.

JKL

Klause, Annette Curtis. ALIEN SECRETS. Delacorte Press, 1993. 240p.

On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact. Also in audiotape.

JLO

Lowry, Lois. THE GIVER. Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 180p.

Given his lifetime assignment of Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories sharead by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth abuot the society in which he lives. Also in paperback.

JPE

Peck, Richard. THE GREAT INTERACTIVE DREAM MACHINE. Dial Books for Young Readers,                                                                                                     1996. 149p.

Josh Lewis is unwillingly drawn into the computer experiments of Aaron, his friend and fellow classmate at an exclusive New York private school, and the two find themselves uncontrollably transported through space and time.

JPI

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. NED FELDMAN, SPACE PIRATE. MacMillan, 1994. 48p.

One day when Ned's parents are out, he meets Captain Lumpy Lugo, a space pirate who comes from the galazy Foon-pinh-baba, and they spend the afternoon traveling through outer space!

JRU

Rubenstein, Gillian. GALEX-ARENA. Schuster, 1995. 176p.

Kidnapped from an Austrailian train station, Joella, Peter, and Liane are taken on a rocket to the Galex-Arena, where children stolen from Earth perform death-defying stunts for the amusement of the inhabitants of the planet Vexak.

JSL

Sleater, William. THE NIGHT THE HEADS CAME. Dutton Children's Books, 1996. 154p.

When aliens abduct both Leo and his artist friend Tim, Leo tries to determine why these creatures from outer space want particularly to use his friend's talent.

JSL

Slearter, William. OTHERS SEE US. Dutton Children's Books, 1993. 144p.

When an accidental dunking in toxic waste gives sixteen-year-old Jared the ability to read minds, he discovers horrifying secrets about family members at the annual summer reunion.

JTU

Turner, Megan Whalen. THE THIEF. Greenwillow Books, 1996. 219p.

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he wil attempt to steal a precious stone.

JWI

Wisler, G. Clifton. THE SEER. E.P. Dutton, 1989. 134p.

Having recognized the fact that he is not of this Earth, fourteen-year-old Scott tries to live as a normal teenager while exploring his awesome powers of teleportation, matter conversion, and seeing the future.