Scottsdale Public Library

Use your imagination in these science fiction favorites!

Conly, Jane Leslie / The Rudest Alien on Earth / Grades 4-up
On a dairy farm in Vermont, an alien from another galaxy befriends two children and changes into animals to learn about Earth.

Etchemendy, Nancy / The Power of Un / Grades 4-7
When his sister is hit by a truck, Gib must learn to use the device which will allow him to "undo" the past.

Gauthier, Gail / My Life Among the Aliens / Grades 3-6
Two brothers wonder if it is their mother's unusual cooking that is attracting the aliens to their house.

Gutman, Dan / Virtually Perfect / Grades 4-7
When twelve-year-old Yip makes a computer simulation of a boy his age, the creation breaks out of cyberspace into the real world.

King-Smith, Dick / Harriet's Hare / Grades 2-4
A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking rabbit that is really a shape-changing alien.

Mackel, Kathy / Can of Worms / Grades 4-7
Unhappy at school, 13-year-old Mike feels like an alien, but he doesn't believe he is one until the SOS message he send into outer space brings strange creatures to his aid.

Philbrick, W. Rodman / Visitors series / Grades 5-7

Strasser, Todd / Help! I'm Trapped in Obedience School! / Gr 4-7
Jake Sherman accidentally turns his friend Andy into the Sherman family dog, and when Andy's misbehavior places him in obedience school, Jake must rescue him.

Vande Velde, Vivian / Heir Apparent / Grades 6-up
While playing a virtual reality game, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged her equipment and that she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.