Chapter Book Science Fiction

Applegate, K.A. The Visitor.
The first book in the Animorphs series.

Asimov, Janet. Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot.
Norby finds himself involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who wants to take over the universe.

Barron, T.A. Heartlight.
Kate and her grandfather undertake a mission to save the sun from a premature death.

Brittain, Bill. Shape-Changer.
Two friends help a policeman from the planet Rodinam as he tries to recapture an alien master criminal.

Byars, Betsy. The Computer Nut.
Kate communicates via computer with someone allegedly from space, who plans to visit Earth soon.

Cameron, Eleanor. The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet.
Two boys build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom People.

Christopher, John. The White Mountains.
Will and friends make a perilous journey to escape from the ruling Tripods, who make humans servants.

Coville, Bruce. Aliens Ate My Homework.
A miniature spaceship lands in Rod's science project and tiny aliens ask his help in catching a criminal.

Danziger, Paula. This Place Has No Atmosphere.
Aurora loves life on Earth in the 21st century, but learns her family is moving to the colony on the moon.

Engdahl, Sylvia. Enchantress from the Stars.
Three civilizations clash in what could be either a mutually disastrous or beneficial encounter.

Gauthier, Gail. My Life Among the Aliens.
Two brothers wonder if it is their mother's cooking that keeps attracting aliens to their house.

Hamilton, Virginia. Justice and Her Brothers.
A girl and her older twin brothers struggle to understand their supersensory powers. First in a trilogy.

Hoover, H.M. Only Child.
Cody finds that the Terran Corporation is illegally destroying the intelligent native inhabitants of Patma.

Hoover, H.M. The Winds of Mars.
When rebel forces strike against her father, the president of Mars, Annalyn's life is turned upside-down.

Jacobs, Paul Samuel. Born Into Light.
When "feral children" are found during the Depression, only Roger suspects they are not earthly creatures.

Jones, Diana Wynne. The Homeward Bounders.
Jamie is a pawn in an interstellar game played by evil beings.

Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets.
On a journey to a distant planet, Puck befriends an alien and is involved in a mystery about an artifact.

L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.
Meg must confront the monster IT on the planet Camazotz to save her family.

Lindbergh, Anne. Nick of Time.
Jericho goes through a gateway into 2094 and discovers a future world of uniformity and overpopulation.

Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory and discovers the terrible truth about his society.

Lucas, George. Star Wars: A New Hope.
The classic story of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo.

Mahy, Margaret. Aliens in the Family.
Jake Raven ends up helping her new stepsister and stepbrother protect an alien from another dimension.

Mahy, Margaret. The Greatest Show Off Earth.
Delphinium spends her birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against dark forces.

Norton, Andre. Star Ka'at.
Two stray cats convince Jim and Elly Mae that the cats are from another planet.

Paton Walsh, Jill. The Green Book.
A group of refugees from Earth struggle to make their strange new planet provide life's necessities.

Pinkwater, Daniel. Borgel.
Melvin recounts his adventures in time and space with his 111-year-old sort of great-Uncle Borgel.

Pinkwater, Daniel. Lizard Music.
Can the Chicken Man help Victor stop the lizard civilization from invading Earth?

Sanders, Scott Russell. The Engineer of Beasts.
Mooch runs afoul of the repressive authorities by helping an old engineer build realistic robot animals.

Service, Pam. Stinker from Space.
Tsynq Yr lands on Earth and acquires a new body - unfortunately, it's a skunk.

Sleator, William. Strange Attractors.
Max finds a time travel device which two desperate men seek, the scientist who invented it and the scientist's alter ego from a different timeline.

Sterns, Michael, editor. A Starfarer's Dozen: Stories of Things to Come.
A collection of short stories.

Wisler, G. Clifton. The Antrian Messenger.
A student knows that he is different, yet his life changes when the truth about himself is revealed.

Compiled by Sarah S. Wright for MCPL Children's Services (5/99).