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Fiction Science Fiction Thematic Stories
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Science Fiction

The following list contains stories with a Science Fiction theme. The books range in age from Kindergarten (age 4-5) to grade 8 (age 14). Links to sources for purchase may be found by clicking on each title or may readily be acquired through your local library. Additionally, several of the titles may be found in read-aloud form on YouTube or other video sharing platforms.

Fiction Science Fiction Thematic Stories
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4th Grade - 6th Grade

Title
Author
Category
Link
Atlantis: The Accidental Invasion
By: Gregory Mone
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A Wrinkle in Time
By: Madeleine L-Engle
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Beetle Boy
By: M.G. Leonard
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Bloom
By: Kenneth Oppel
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Boy X
By: Dan Smith
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Cinder
By: Marissa Meyer
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Dark Life
By: Kat Falls
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Daughter of the Deep
By: Rick Riordan
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Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior
By: Cube Kid
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Edge of Extinction: The Ark Plan
By: Laura Martin
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Ender's Game
By: Orson Scott Card
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Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret
By: Trudi Trueit
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Fuzzy Mud
By: Louis Sachar
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Glitch
By: Laura Martin
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Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
By: Judd Winick
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Horizon
By: Scott Westerfeld
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Jinxed
By: Amy McCulloch
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Last Gate of the Emperor
By: Kwame Mbalia
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Masterminds
By: Gordon Korman
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Menace From the Deep
By: Michael P. Spradlin
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MiNRS
By: Kevin Sylvester
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Plants vs. Zombies
By: Paul Tobin
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Six
By: M.M. Vaughan
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Space Case
By: Stuart Gibbs
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The Girl With All the Gifts
By: M. R. Carey
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The Giver
By: Lois Lowry
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The Hypnotists
By: Gordon Korman
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The Lion of Mars
By: Jennifer L. Holm
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The Meta-Rise
By: J. V. Kade
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Under Their Skin
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Zita the Spacegirl
By: Ben Hatke
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6th Grade - 8th Grade

Title
Author
Category
Link
A Clockwork Orange
By: Anthony Burgess
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Binti
By: Nnedi Okorafor
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Brave New World
By: Aldous Huxley
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Dangerous
By: Shannon Hale
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Divergent
By: Veronica Roth
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Dune
By: Frank Herbert (
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Fahrenheit 451
By: Ray Bradbury
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Fever Crumb
By: Philip Reeve
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I Am Number Four
By: Pittacus Lore
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Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1
By: Alexander Smith
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
By: Richard Paul Evans
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1984
By: George Orwell
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Origin
By: Jessica Khoury
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Red Rising
By: Pierce Brown
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Skyward
By: Brandon Sanderson
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Steelheart
By: Brandon Sanderson
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The Angel Experiment
By: Corin Grillo
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The Eye of Minds
By: James Dashner
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The 5th Wave
By: Rick Yancey
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By: Douglas Adams
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The Hunger Games
By: Suzanne Collins
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
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The Last Cuentista
By: Donna Barba Higuera
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The Martian
By: Andy Weir
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The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
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The Maze Runner
By: James Dasher
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The Rig
By: Joe Ducie
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The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells
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The War of the Worlds
By: H.G. Wells
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