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Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed,…
giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. 1969Diplomatic immunity (The vorkosigan Saga)
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 2002
Diplomatic troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan interrupts his honeymoon with Ekaterin to solve a crisis at the Graf Station in Quaddiespace. The…
suspicious impoundment of a trade fleet quickly escalates into kidnapping and murder and threatens war. Sequel to A Civil Campaign (BR 17543). 2002The pesthouse: a novel
Par Jim Crace. 2007
After America is turned into a barren, lawless wasteland, people flee to Europe. Franklin Lopez is stopping to recover from…
an injury when he meets Margaret at a pesthouse--where she's suffering from a deadly infection. The two gradually fall in love and seek refuge together. Some violence. 2007Buffalo Is the New Buffalo
Par Chelsea Vowel. 2022
Powerful stories of "Metis futurism" that envision a world without violence, capitalism, or colonization. "Education is the new buffalo" is…
a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to signify the importance of education to their survival and ability to support themselves, as once Plains nations supported themselves as buffalo peoples. The assumption is that many of the pre-Contact ways of living are forever gone, so adaptation is necessary. But Chelsea Vowel asks, "Instead of accepting that the buffalo, and our ancestral ways, will never come back, what if we simply ensure that they do?" Inspired by classic and contemporary speculative fiction, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo explores science fiction tropes through a Metis lens: a Two-Spirit rougarou (shapeshifter) in the nineteenth century tries to solve a murder in her community and joins the nehiyaw-pwat (Iron Confederacy) in order to successfully stop Canadian colonial expansion into the West. A Metis man is gored by a radioactive bison, gaining super strength, but losing the ability to be remembered by anyone not related to him by blood. Nanites babble to babies in Cree, virtual reality teaches transformation, foxes take human form and wreak havoc on hearts, buffalo roam free, and beings grapple with the thorny problem of healing from colonialism. Indigenous futurisms seek to discover the impact of colonization, remove its psychological baggage, and recover ancestral traditions. These eight short stories of "Metis futurism" explore Indigenous existence and resistance through the specific lens of being Metis. Expansive and eye-opening, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo rewrites our shared history in provocative and exciting ways.The invisible Fran (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Jim Benton. 2004
Franny drinks a potion to make herself invisible so she can persuade her clueless classmates to work on her robot.…
The students become so involved that they sneak into school at night to finish the job and unintentionally send the robot on a rampage. For grades 2-4. 2004Mr. Docker is off his rocker! (My Weird School Ser. #10)
Par Dan Gutman. 2006
Mr. Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up and uses potatoes for power. He…
has A.J. and his friends wondering whether science is for nerds or is the coolest subject ever. For grades 2-4. 2006Attack of the 50-ft. Cupid (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #2)
Par Jim Benton. 2004
It's almost Valentine's Day. Franny's new lab assistant Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally brings to life a picture…
of Cupid and then enlarges Cupid to gigantic proportions. Now Franny has to deal with the problem. For grades 2-4. 2004Heir apparent
Par Vivian Vande Velde. 2002
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game full of medieval kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators protesting…
such pastimes have damaged the equipment she's connected to. She must win the game quickly or face brain damage. For grades 6-9. 2002The prophet of Yonwood: The Third Book of Ember (Books of Ember #Bk. 3)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2006
Yonwood, North Carolina. Eleven-year-old Nickie figures out how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions…
to the apocalyptic visions of their neighbor, Althea Tower. Prequel to City of Ember (RC 59907) and People of Sparks (DB 60098). For grades 5-8. 2006The Fran that time forgot (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #4)
Par Jim Benton. 2005
When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at the school science fair, mad scientist Franny K. Stein goes back in…
time to change the name. Unfortunately, Franny's experiment does not go as planned. For grades 2-4. 2005Blindsight
Par Peter Watts. 2006
It is 2082. Thousands of luminous alien probes surrounding Earth intercept a radio signal from an unknown source. Aboard the…
spaceship Theseus a misfit crew of explorers--a bionic biologist, a linguist with multiple personalities, a pacifist warrior, and their vampire leader--prepares for first contact. Strong language and some violence. 2006The island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin classics)
Par H. G Wells. 2005
Late Victorian fantasy classic in which scientific arrogance leads to horrifying consequences. In 1887 Edward Prendick is shipwrecked, rescued, and…
later abandoned on a mysterious island inhabited by grotesque creatures under the control of Dr. Moreau. Includes 2005 introduction by Margaret Atwood. Some violence. 1896Frantastic voyage (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #5)
Par Jim Benton. 2006
When Franny's dog Igor accidentally swallows her Doomsday Device, she must act quickly before the contraption explodes inside him. She…
activates her shrinkerizer to make herself small enough to go up Igor's nostril and races against time to bring out the bomb. For grades 2-4. 2005Things not seen
Par Andrew Clements. 2002
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and can't see his body, his relationship with the physical world and his parents changes.…
He confides his invisibility situation to a new friend, Alicia, blinded two years before, and they try to figure out what happened to him. For grades 6-9. Schneider Family Book Award. 2002The Fran with four brains (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Ser. #6)
Par Jim Benton. 2006
Franny's solution to feeling overworked is to build three Franbots--mechanical copies of herself. Carried away in their pursuit of excellence,…
the Franbots plan to neutralize Franny and her family and maybe the world, so Franny must outsmart them. For grades 2-4. 2006Firstborn (Time Odyssey Ser. #Bk. 3)
Par Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter. 2008
2069. The Firstborn, a hostile alien race determined to annihilate humanity, send an asteroid-sized object called a Q-bomb to obliterate…
Earth. Former British soldier Bisesa Dutt, freshly awakened from hibernation, journeys to Mir--an alternate, temporally disturbed Earth--to find a solution. Sequel to Sunstorm (DB 60492). 2007Z for Zachariah
Par Robert C. O'Brien. 2009
Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, seemingly the sole survivor of a nuclear war, is tending her family farm when she sees smoke…
from a campfire--a stranger is in the valley. She takes precautions to hide her presence, realizing there are worse things than being alone. For junior and senior high readers. 1974The Wall and the Wing
Par Laura Ruby. 2006
In a wacky, futuristic New York, Gurl can't fly like most other people but she can become invisible. Her orphanage…
matron, a reclusive professor, a rat man, and a gangster, all figure in Gurl's adventures as she and her friend Bug team up on a quest. For grades 5-8. 2006The necessary beggar
Par Susan Palwick. 2005
Darroti's entire family is exiled to the planet Earth after he is accused of killing a high-born woman. The clan…
is interned in a Nevada refugee camp where Darroti commits suicide. Surviving family members escape with the help of an American. For senior high and older readers. Alex Award. 2005Genetopia
Par Keith Brooke. 2006
Flint, a truebred human, becomes separated from his sister, Amber, at a market festival where genetically impure "mutts" are auctioned.…
Flint believes their abusive father sold Amber to the mutt trade and ventures into the wildlands to find her. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006