Topic: Science Fiction For Children and Young Adults

Group: Suzanne Mondello, Corey Watson, Cedric Dawkins

I have loved science fiction since I saw my first Buck Rogers episode. It is a fun genre to explore because it has always caused me to ask many questions. It sparked my imagination, because most of the questions that I asked couldn’t be answered. As I look back, I wondered what other children thought about science fiction. I asked a few that I knew. They thought that it was mostly over their heads. They thought that it was mainly for adults. They seemed to like science fiction when it crossed with another genre. They liked the fight scenes and effects of The Matrix, but didn’t understand the story, you know, stuff like that. Except for a few cartoons and comic books, they don’t enjoy the genre as much as I did.

Upon the completion of this project we hope to:

*Introduce themes in science fiction for children and young adults.

*Give a list of authors that have penned science fiction works for children and young adults.

*Give a list of websites and articles on science fiction for children and young adults.

*Give a brief history of science fiction for young adults and what it has evolved/devolved into.

Here are some of the books and authors that we found:

Alcock, Vivien — Monster Garden

Auch, Mary Jane -I Was a Third-Grade Science Project

Brittain, Bill — Shapechanger

Butts, Nancy — The Door in the Lake

Cameron, Eleanor — The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom

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Cooper, Susan — The Boggart

Coville, Bruce — Aliens Ate My Homework

Duncan, Lois — A Gift of Magic

Farmer, Nancy — The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Greer, Gery -Max and Me and the Time Machine

Gutman, Dan — Virtually Perfect

Jocelyn, Marthe — The Invisible Harry

L’Engle, Madeleine — A Wrinkle In Time

Lowenstein, Sallie — Evan’s Voice

Mackel, Kathy — Can of Worms

Nelson, O.T. — The Girl Who Owned a City

Scrimger, Richard — The Nose From Jupiter

Service, Pamela — Stinker From Space

Skurzynski, Gloria — The Virtual War

Skurzynski, Gloria — Cyberstorm

Sleator, William — The Night the Heads Came

Slobodkin, Louis — The Space Ship in the Park

Smith, Janice Lee — Serious Science

Yolen, Jane — The Devil’s Arithmetic

ANNA TO THE INFINITE POWER by Mildred Ames

CHILDREN OF THE DUST by Louise Lawrence

THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM by Nancy Farmer

ENCHANTRESS FROM THE STARS by Sylvia Engdahl

EVA by Peter Dickinson

THE GIVER by Lois Lowery

INTERSTELLAR PIG by William Sleator

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS by John Christopher

It is really hard to come by articles on science fiction for children and young adults but we are looking and we just got a lead from Mrs. Rollin.

As far as individual assignments go, Suzanne, in her infinite brilliance, has decided to construct the web page. Corey and myself will conduct the research and read what needs to be read and write what needs to be written. We will all provide input as to what we want on our web page.

Links for books for our topic
http://www.storyman.com/
 

books for children science fiction:

Dream Weavers by Paul Collins
Cameron, Eleanor  The wonderful flight to the Mushroom Planet
Eager, Edward.  Knight's castle
Hill, Douglas.  Penelope's pendant
L'Engle, Madeleine  A wrinkle in time -------------