Kids Books - Science Fiction

Alice Alexis Queensmeadow is born with no color — hair, and skin as white as milk, only a touch of honey in her eyes. This might not be so significant had she not been born into a world where color is everything. In Tahereh Mafi’s “Furthermore,” the land of Fernwood is drenched in color, which its colorful citizens use like currency, right along with magic. Poor, colorless Alice is looked down upon and underestimated because of her pallor. Her father, the one person who believes in her, has mysteriously disappeared, having taken with him only a ruler, and leaving Alice with a grief-stricken mother who does not care for her or seems to love her. Alice determines to win the “Surrender,” a test in which the 12-year-old children of Fernwood perform special bits of magic. All who pass are given tasks to complete, matched to their magical abilities. But not only has she not declared the winner, but Alice also fails the test entirely. Despairing, and with few other options, she embarks on a journey to find her father. Luckily — for her, and for this book’s readers — she discovers Furthermore, a place so full of enchanting beauty and topsy-turvy adventure, it even calls to mind Wonderland and Oz. As she sets out on her quest, Alice teams up with Oliver Newbanks, a boy she despises for his rudeness and deceitful nature. But he claims he knows where her father is — and as it turns out, Oliver has been assigned the task of finding him, but needs Alice’s help in order to succeed. It’s Oliver who leads her to Furthermore, where the rules change at every turn and some citizens eat outsiders (yes, as in cannibalism) in order to absorb their magic. Together they travel through various lands of Furthermore — Slumber, Still and the land of Left (which hasn’t had a visitor for 56 years, the land of Right being the more often preferred). Alice struggles to survive, without much thanks to Oliver, who holds his knowledge of Furthermore over Alice’s head, doling it out in bits and pieces only when backed into a corner. There are adventure and danger at every turn, upside-down rules, and twisted logic, but Alice perseveres for the love of her father. In the end, her inner journeys — of self-acceptance and of her developing friendship with Oliver — prove every bit as complex and difficult as the trip through Furthermore.

WARNING, contains spoilers! This book is about a foster kid named Ace who can't remember his past from before he was nine years old, and all he has left of it is an ace of hearts. He opens a genie jar and suddenly becomes a Wishmaker with a quest that if he fails, will end the world as we know it, but he can wish for help if he accepts a consequence. While working on his quest he meets a Wishmaker named Tina, whose mom is an ex-Wishmaker and is very sick because of all her consequences.

Yet another marvelous book by author James Dashner! This story takes place after The Kill Order. It tells of Thomas’s life before the Maze, and about his friends. You learn their backgrounds, and there are some very surprising twists in here! The end makes me upset, because someone betrays Thomas, or maybe 2 people betray him, I’m not exactly sure. But in The Death Cure, the very same person/people save Thomas! Anyways, this was an amazing book that is sure to satisfy your Maze Runner questions! Enjoy!

It is a magical and wonderful book.

Absolutely magnificent. Lena's spellbinding adventure continues in the second book of the Delirium Trilogy. Without food, without water, and most importantly with her love Alex, Lena staggers through the Wilds, indiscriminately choosing trees and shelter to sleep. For days, she has ventured through the tangled woods. She would give up if her final promise hadn't been to Alex that she would run. So when Lena is found and taken care of by an Invalid named Raven, she can't tell if she is thankful, cautious, or angry. The rest of the story alternates between Lena's gradual recovery in the Wilds and her mission years later back in Portland, with a fake identity. And when Lena meets Julian Fineman, the face of the Deliria-Free America association, when they're captured by Scavengers, her life will be forever changed. In all truth, the first book was okay, but this one was positively magnificent by all standards. Compelling, intriguing, suspenseful, and ending with a cliffhanger, "Pandemonium" kept me up all night just thinking about what would happen in the final installment.

i like this book. Because it has cool facts about the rain forest. Because...it is cool.and you learn new. Facts!!

Sealed with a Secret is a book about a girl named Phoebe, who’s sister is leaving for university soon. They don’t get along at all, until Phoebe finds a letter written 70 years ago hidden inside a old but expensive compact at a antique store. The letter contains a spell that can be used to bring two people together. Phoebe decides to try it out with her sister and goes on a scavenger hunt around London, where she lives, to figure out the clues and do them. But in reality, that’s not what she really needed to get her friendship back with her sister, Alice. I like this book, and I would recommend it! :)

This book is about a wizard named Septimus Heap. He is the seventh son of the seventh son and that is supposed to mean he has special magical powers. How the people in his word spell magic is like this "m-a-g-y-k". Septimus is really interested in "physik" and wants to learn how to do it but the only obstacle is that the only person who knew how to do it died hundreds of years ago. Septimus' sister is being haunted by a ghost that is her great great great great great great great great great grandmother (that kills her own daughters ). The ghost wants to get rid of Septimus first so e can't stop her so she puts a curse on him that he will drown that midnight unless he looks into a weird mirror. he looks into the mirror and gets sucked in. The mirror turns out to be a portal between two different times. Septimus gets to learn physik and meet the person who created physik. Then Jenna (Sep's sister) gets sucked into it also and everybody thinks she is the lost princess. Will they get out and survive or will they die in they're past. read what happened before in "Magyk" and "Flyte" then read this book to find out what happens to them. Good luck!

A heartwarming tale of bravery and courage...amazing story showing the great, wild animal world. Lusa, Toklo, and Kallik are continuing their epic journey through rough terrain, all in search of a place to call home. Kallik has already found hers...now it’s time for the others to face the future. Soon, the bears come upon a river and feel relieved, but the two white bears, Kallik and her friend Yakone, are reconsidering their decision to stay with the other two. Other bears come upon this group...and not all of them are friendly enough. They threaten to steal the peace, and Lusa and Toklo know they have to help. When Yakone gets injured, everyone thinks: after moons of traveling, will they have to turn back? Will facing their destiny prove to be too hard? Or can they do it...but with only a sliver of hope left? Read this book to find out!

Very good book in a great series! I read this book fast and enjoyed it very much. It is an easy read and Dav Pilkey is an excellent author.