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Science-fiction for Teens
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Landscape with invisible hand
by M. T Anderson
An artistic youth stages creative romantic scenes as entertainment for the Earth's alien overlords to support his unemployed family, a situation that is compromised by an estrangement from his girlfriend. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing.
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Warcross
by Marie Lu
"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"
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Spliced
by Jon McGoran
When her friend becomes obsessed with paying back-alley geneticists to transform her into a chimera in spite of restrictive legislation, 16-year-old Jimi races against time to prevent his friend from being officially declared a nonperson. A first young adult novel by the author Deadout.
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Monster by Michael GrantA follow-up to the best-selling Gone series is set four years after the events of the FAYZ, when new meteorite strikes introduce an alien virus that gives humans unique superpowers, triggering an epic battle between teen hero defenders and out-of-control supermonsters.
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Satellite by Nick LakeA teen born in space makes his first trip to Earth after being raised by teams of astronauts, a visit that proves to be more treacherous than anticipated.
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Ringer : Gemma / Lyra by Lauren OliverA companion to Replica finds Lyra and Caelum struggling to figure out where they belong and whom they can trust while seeking a cure for the illness that is slowly consuming Lyra's mind.
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The list
by Patricia Forde
A Wordsmith's apprentice responsible for safeguarding forbidden language in a neo-medieval world where all but 500 sanctioned words are strictly censored uncovers a sinister plan to suppress all remaining language by robbing everyday citizens of their ability to speak, in a U.S. release of an award-winning book from Ireland.
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Invictus by Ryan GraudinBorn outside of time as the son of a time-traveler from the 24th century and a first-century gladiator, Farway takes a position commanding a ship that smuggles valuables from different eras before meeting a mysterious girl with knowledge that places his existence in question. By the author of Wolf by Wolf.
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Of Jenny and the aliens
by Ryan Gebhart
Desperate to win over Jennifer Novak, the love of his life, Derek will try anything, even seeking advice from the aliens that have just landed in his hometown
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Rebel rising by Beth RevisA group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star in a young-adult adaptation of standalone film, Rogue One.
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Crazy house
by James Patterson
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row
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Waste of Space by Gina DamicoCast in a bogus reality show designed to emulate a space mission, 10 teens become subject to the drama and scrutiny of fame before their communication is severed and they are challenged to survive while trapped in a desert warehouse set.
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Felix Yz by Lisa BunkerAccidentally connected most of his life to a fourth-dimensional being whose presence would prevent him from reaching adulthood, 13-year-old Felix records in his secret blog their last shared month before a procedure that will separate or kill them. A first novel.
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Generation One by Pittacus LoreA standalone sequel to the best-selling I Am Number Four series takes place a year after the events of United as One and finds Earth's teens attending the newly created Garde academy, where they learn to hone abilities triggered by Loric energy.
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Dove Alight by Karen BaoWhen an all-out war is declared between the sharply divided factions of Earth and the Moon, girl sage Phaet Theta leads her friends in an effort that she hopes will neither destroy Earth's floating nations nor divide her from her beloved Wes.
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Mars One
by Jonathan Maberry
"A teenage boy leaves for Mars as a colonist with the Mars One space program and grapples with what he's leaving behind to do so"
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Brave New Girl
by Rachel Vincent
When a clone manufactured for the good of her city realizes that she is having unique thoughts and feelings about a clone boy who finds her special, Dahlia 16 worries that her genome will be found flawed and that she and her identicals will be destroyed. By the best-selling author of The Stars Never Rise. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Exo Project
by Andrew DeYoung
When Matthew joins the Exo Project, which has the goal of securing a new home for humankind as the Earth's temperature rises, he meets Kiva, an exoplanet teenager with whom he feels a strong bond
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Defy the stars by Claudia GrayA teen soldier from an Earth colony planet fighting for its independence finds herself stranded in space on an abandoned ship where she bonds with a sophisticated mech prototype, who is forced to serve her at the risk of his own life.
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Iceling by Sasha StephensonCaring deeply for the adopted sister who is one of hundreds of language-incapable teens discovered years earlier on a remote Arctic island, Lorna is prompted by mysterious events that lead the sisters on a journey to the north, where she makes a baffling discovery about her sister's origins.
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Carve the mark by Veronica RothLiving on a violent planet where everyone manifests a unique power meant to shape the future, Akos and Cyra, youths from opposing countries, resent gifts that render them vulnerable to others' control before they become unlikely survival partners.
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Rebellion by Kass MorganHaving been appointed the leaders of their people a month after the dropships land, Clarke, Bellamy, Wells and Glass are pushed to the limit as they fight for survival against an unprecedented new threat.
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Rules of the game by James FreyAn explosive conclusion to the Endgame trilogy finds the remaining Players desperately searching for the final key before Endgame triggers the ultimate destruction of the world.
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Exo
by Fonda Lee
For a century now, Earth has been a peaceful colony of an alien race, and Donovan Reyes is a loyal member of the security forces, while his father is the Prime Liaison--but when a routine search and seizure goes bad Donovan finds himself a captive of thehuman revolutionary group, Sapience, terrorists who seem to prefer war to alien rule, and killing Donovan just might be the incident they are looking for
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Empress of a thousand skies by Rhoda BellezaDetermined to reclaim her crown from a corrupt government and exact revenge for the deaths of her parents, Crown Princess Rhiannon narrowly escapes an assassination attempt and finds herself on the run in outer space alongside a refugee pilot who has been framed for the attack.
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