Transcript Ender’s Game

Science Fiction
Ender’s Game
Card, Orson Scott
FIC CAR
Ender Wiggens, child
genius is chosen to
save the world from
destruction.
The House of the Scorpion
• Farmer, Nancy FIC
FAR
• 14 year old Matteo
was harvested/cloned
from a powerful drug
lord. Escape is his
only chance for
survival.
Eva
• Dickenson, Peter
FIC DIC
• Set in the near
future, Eva awakens
from her coma
sensing something is
very wrong. After a
horrific car crash,
Eva discovers her
new body belonged
to a chimpanzee.
The Illustrated Man
• Bradbury, Ray FIC
BRA
• A young man meets
up with an illustrated
man whose tattoo’s
have the power to tell
stories and show you
the future.
Feed
• Anderson, M.T. FIC
AND
• In the future world of
teenager Titus,
everyone has been
implanted with a
computer chip that
continually feeds you
your every thoughts
and desires.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy
•
Adams, Douglas
FIC ADA
• When his home and the
Earth is demolished,
Arthur must hitchhike
through space with his
alien friend.
Fade
• Cormier, Robert
FIC COR
• Paul discovers that he
has the ability to
disappear or “fade”
and must decide how
to use this new,
incredible gift, for
good or evil.
Anthem
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Rand, Ayn
FIC RAN
• Equality 7-2521
is a freethinker
living in a society
that demands
obedience at all
times.
Cat’s Cradle
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Vonnegut,
Kurt FIC VON
• Jonah discovers
more than he
wanted
interviewing the
family involved in
the development of
the atomic bomb.
Fantasy
The Golden Compass
• Pullman, Philip FIC
PUL
• Young orphan, Lyra’s
carefree world changes
forever as she becomes
involved in a dangerous
game that involves
missing children,
discovers a mysterious
woman and travels to
the frozen north with
her Daemon partner.
The Hobbit
• Tolkien, J.R.R. FIC
TOL
• Bilbo Baggens is
wished away by the
great wizard
Gandolf on an
adventure to recover
their stolen treasure.
Watership Down
• Adams, Richard FIC
ADA
• A tale of adventure,
courage and survival
follows a band of very
special creatures as
they run from the
invasion of man in
search of a perfect
society.
Gathering Blue
• Lowery, Lois FIC
LOW
• In a society that
shuns the weak or
physically flawed,
Kira’s , whose
crippled leg makes
her future uncertain.
Gifted with special
talents, she is saved
by the council, but
for what purpose?
Stardust
• Gaiman, Neil
FIC GAI
• Young Tristan
makes a promise
to his love and
ventures past the
wall into a wold
full of adventure
and discovery.
The Bellmaker
• Jacques, Brian FIC
JAC
• Follows Rab on his
quest to rescue his
king and queen.
Another “Redwall”
book.
ERAGON
• Paolino,
Christropher FIC
PAO
• A young farm boy
discovers a
dragon’s egg.
Overnight his
destiny changes
with magic and
power.
Across the Wall
• Nix, Garth FIC
NIX
• Nicolas will do
anything to return
to his kingdom,
across the wall
facing many
obstacles.
Multicultural Stories
Angela’s Ashes
• McCourt, Frank 921
McC
• Born to Irish
immigrants and
raised in poverty,
Frank tells the story
of his mother’s
attempts to keep the
family together.
The Color of Water
• McBride, James
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• James grows up in
an interracial
family and writes
this tribute to his
inspirational
mother.
Farewell to Manzanar
• Watasuki
Houston, Jeanne
921 HOU
• The true story of
one spirited
American family’s
life in a Japanese
internment camp
in the 1940’s.
Esperanza Rising
• Munoz Ryan, Pam
FIC RYA
• Having to leave her
privileged life in
Mexico after her
father is murdered,
Esparanza and her
mother flee to
California and a life
of harsh migrant
camp work.
Children of the River
•
Crew, Linda
FIC CRE
• Sundara, a
Cambodian
refugee, longs to
fit into high
school in Oregon
and stay loyal to
her heritage.
The Tequila Worm
•
Canales,
Viola FIC
CAN
• Sophia’s stories
of growing up in
a barrio full of
mystery and
magic.
Cuba 15
• Osa, Nancy FIC
OSA
• Violet learns of
her Cuba ancestry
as her
grandmother plans
her quincenero.
Behind the Eyes
• Stork, Francisco X.
FIC STO
• Hector has spent 16
years unnoticed until
the violent death of his
brother. Now he must
escape the gang
members that are after
him.
Buried Onions
• Soto, Gary FIC
SOT
• Nineteen year old
Eddie drops out of
college and
struggles to find
himself as a
Mexican American.
By the Lake of Sleeping
Children
• Urrea, Luis
Alberto 306 URR
• The simple joys
and horrors of
people trapped
between the two
worlds of Mexico
and the United
States.
Chandra’s Secrets
• Stratton, Alan
FIC STR
• How HIV/AIDS
threatens a young
girl’s family I SubSahara Africa.
Crossing
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Martinez, Manuel
Luis FIC MAR
• 16 year old Luis uses a
“coyote” to come to
the United States to
seek his fortune and
hopes to survive the
journey.
The House on Mango Street
• Cisneros, Sandra
FIC CIS
• Esparanza tells of all
the interesting people
she and her sister
meet in their
neighborhood.
Ask Me No Questions
• Budhos, Marina
Tamar FIC BUD
• Living in New
York City after
9/11 becomes
impossible for
Nadira and her
family when their
illegal status is
discovered and
they are thrown
into a world of red
tape.
Estrella’s Quinceanera
• Alegria, Malin
FIC ALE
• About to turn 15,
Estrella is dreading
her special birthday
celebration, not sure
if her new friends at
the exclusive school
will understand.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of
a boy soldier
• Beah, Ishmael 921
BEA
• Trained at 13 to become
a soldier in Sierra Leon,
Ishmael somehow has
the strength to survive
and start a new life in
America.
Holocaust Stories
The Cage
• Sender, Ruth
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• A young girl, after
losing both parents,
keeps her family
together in the Lodz
ghetto and finally
Auschwitz.
The True Story of Hansel and
Gretel: a novel of war and survival
• Murphy, Louise
FIC MUR
• Two children are
left alone to wander
the woods where a
“witch” is
determined to keep
them safe from the
German soldiers.
The Boy Who Loved Anne
Frank
• Feldman, Ellen
FIC FEL
• This is the story of
what might have
happened had Peter
survived the
holocaust and
started a new life in
a new county.
If I Should Die Before I Wake
•
Nolan, Han
FIC NOL
• Hilary, a Neo-Nazi
initiate, lies in a
coma and is
transported back to
Poland at the
beginning of WWII
as a young Jewish
girl.
Night
• Wiesel, Elie
950.53 WIE
• At the age of 15 a
Jewish boy,
Wiesel, is sent with
his family to a
German
concentration
camp. He narrates
the horrors he
witnesses during
his incarceration.
In the Mouth of the Wolf
• Zar, Rose 940.53
ZAR
• Using false papers,
Rose flees Poland
and is hired to
wrok for an S.S.
officer and his
family.
Schindler’s List
• Keneally, Thomas
FIC KEN
• Oskar Schindler’s
remarkable story
of saving
thousands of Jews
by harboring them
in his factory
during the war.
Anne Frank Remembered
• Gies, Miep 921
GIE
• Miep’s story of
hiding the Frank
family in the
Annex. A
supplement to
Anne’s diary.
Briar Rose
• Yolen, Jane FIC
YOL
• The “sleeping
beauty” fairy tale is
linked to the
Holocaust, as a
young girl travels to
Europe to discover
her grandmother’s
past.
The Book Thief
• Zusak, Markus FIC
ZUS
• An amazing story
about the ability of
books to feed the
soul of a young girl
and her neighbors in
Germany during
WWII.
The Boy in the Striped
• Boyne, John
Pajamas
BOY
FIC
• Bruno, the young
son of a German
officer, is living in
“Out-With” where
he becomes friendly
with a young boy
on the other side of
the fence.
Milkweed: a novel
• Spinelli, Jerry FIC
SPI
• Mischa, a young
orphan surviving any
way he can on the
streets of Warsaw
during WWII.
The Hiding Place
• TenBoom, Corrie
921 TEN
• Working with the
Dutch
underground,
Corrie and her
family hide their
neighboring
Jewish friends
until they are all
arrested and sent
to a concentration
camp.
The Lost Childhood
• Nir, Yehuda
940.53 NIR
• Yehuda, with his
mother and sister
have escaped the
round up with
false papers.
Now they must
hide in the open
for the next four
years disguised
as Catholics.