Science Fiction: This is a type of fiction that could happen in the future based on real science and technology. It usually involves stories that have settings in the future or in outer space. It also may include applications of new scientific principles or technologies, such as time travel, faster-than-light travel or robots, or of new and different political or social systems.
Examples of Science Fiction Books:
Applegate, K.A. The Invasion
Asimov, Janet. Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot.
Barron, T.A. Heartlight.
Brittain, Bill. Shape-Changer
Corder, Zizou. Lion Boy
Coville, Bruce. I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
Danziger, Paula. This Place Has No Atmosphere
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Running Out of Time
Hamilton, Virginia. Justice and Her Brothers
Hoover, H.M. The Winds of Mars
Jones, Diana Wynne. A Tale of Time City.
Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets.
L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time
Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
Mahy, Margaret. The Greatest Show Off Earth.
Pinkwater, Daniel. Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Book Report Assignment
Due May 3rd
Write a letter (10-sentence minimum) to the main character of your book asking questions, protesting a situation, and/or making a complaint and/or a suggestion about two or three things that happened in the book. The letter must be in the correct letter format and handwritten or typed neatly. It will be graded on neatness, ideas, length, spelling, and grammar. Please make sure you put the name of the book and author at the top, so I know what book you read!
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