I've been giving presentations on Sciency Fiction lately, and I've been asked to post a list of sciency fiction titles.
Suggested age ranges are in parentheses.
If the book is part of a series, only one book is mentioned, usually the first.
So here it is. I hope to keep it updated, and suggestions are welcome.
THE 14 FIBS OF GREGORY K. by Gregory Pincus (8-12)
101 WAYS TO BUG YOUR TEACHER by Lee Wardlaw (10-13)
THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF MIKE by Kathryn Erskine (9+)
BIRD by Crystal Chan (9-13)
BRENDAN BUCKLEY’S UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IN IT by Sundee T. Frazier (9-13)
BLUE by Joyce Moyer Hostetter (9+)
THE CASE OF THE MISSING MOONSTONE by Jordan Stratford (8-12)
CHASING SECRETS by Gennifer Choldenko (9-12)
CHARLIE’S RAVEN by Jean Craighead George (9-12)
CHICKEN BOY by Frances O’Roark Dowell (10-13)
DILLON DILLON by Kate Banks (9-12)
DO THE MATH: SECRETS, LIES, AND ALGEBRA by Wendy Lichtman (9-13)
THE EARTH DRAGON AWAKES: THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF 1906 by Laurence Yep (8-10)
EINSTEIN ANDERSON series by Seymour Simon (8-11)
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN, BOY DETECTIVE by Donald J. Sobol (9-13)
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly (9-13)
EVERY SOUL A STAR by Wendy Mass (9-13)
THE FREAK OBSERVER by Blythe Woolston (14+)
FEVER 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (9+)
THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages (9+)
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen (9+)
HOOT by Carl Hiassen (9+)
ISLAND STING by Bonnie Doerr (12+)
JACKIE’S WILD SEATTLE by Will Hobbs (10-13)
JAKE DRAKE, KNOW-IT-ALL by Andrew Clements (7-9)
JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA by Eva Ibbotson (10-13)
JUDY MOODY SAVES THE WORLD! by Megan McDonald (7-9)
LEON AND THE CHAMPION CHIP by Allen Kurzweil (8-11)
MARTY MCGUIRE DIGS WORMS by Kate Messner (6-9)
THE MEANING OF MAGGIE by Megan Jean Sovern (10-13)
MIND GAMES by Jeanne Marie Grunwell (10-13)
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Jean Craighead George (9-13)
MY YEAR OF EPIC ROCK by Andrea Pyros (9-14)
NERD CAMP by Elissa Brent Weissman (9-13)
NICK AND TESLA’S ROBOT ARMY RAMPAGE by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith (9-12)
NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS by Ivy Ruckman (9-11)
NIM’S ISLAND by Wendy Orr (8-12)
NINJAS, PIRANHAS, AND GALILEO by Greg Leitich Smith (9-13)
OPERATION REDWOOD by S. Terrell French (9-13)
OUT OF THE DEEP by Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson (9-12)
OWEN FOOTE, MIGHTY SCIENTIST by Stephanie Greene (7-9)
PHINEAS L. MACGUIRE ERUPTS! by Frances O’Roark Dowell (9-13)
THE POPULARITY PAPERS: RESEARCH FOR THE SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND GENERAL BETTERMENT OF LYDIA GOLDBLATT AND JULIE GRAHAM-CHANG by Amy Ignatow (9-13)
PROJECT MULBERRY by Linda Sue Park (9-13)
THE RED BLAZER GIRLS by Michael D. Beil (10-13)
REGARDING THE SINK: WHERE, OH WHERE, DID THE WATERS GO? by Kate Klise (9-11)
THE REINVENTION OF EDISON THOMAS by Jacqueline Houtman (9-13)
SAMANTHA HANSEN HAS ROCKS IN HER HEAD by Nancy Viau (9-13)
THE SAME STUFF AS STARS by Katherine Paterson (10-13)
SAVING THE PLANET AND STUFF: A NOVEL by Gaul Gauthier (13-15)
SECRET CODERS by Gene Luen Yang (8-12)
STRANDED by Ben Mikaelsen (10-13)
THE VOLCANO DISASTER by Peg Kehret (9-11)
THE WAY WE FALL by Megan Crewe (12+)
WING NUT by Mary Jane Auch (9-12)
