Beyond the Textbook: Reading for Science Booklist
| MANY books will be appropriate for this project. Find one that interests you and is appropriate for your reading abilities. Have fun! |
| SOME GOOD FICTION TITLES |
AUTHOR |
| Here are some suggested titles. Science fiction titles are best-suited to this project. This list includes many SF titles, as well as other appropriate fiction. |
| City of the Beasts |
Allende, Isabel |
| Ruby's Imagine |
Antieau, Kim |
| The kindling (#1) |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The keepers of the flame (#2) |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The kiln (#3) |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| The Bicentennial man and other stories / |
Asimov, Isaac. |
| Asimov's mysteries / |
Asimov, Isaac. |
| National velvet |
Bagnold, Enid |
| Pastworld |
Beck, Ian |
| The dying sun / |
Blackwood, Gary L. |
| Tangerine |
Bloor, Edward |
| Dandelion wine / |
Bradbury, Ray |
| Fat Cat |
Brande, Robin |
| The postman |
Brin, David |
| The winter people / |
Bruchac, Joseph. |
| Ender's game (#1) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Ender's shadow (#2) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Shadow of the Hegemon (#3) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Shadow Puppets (#4) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Shadow of the Giant (#5) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| Ender in Exile (#6) |
Card, Orson Scott |
| The beast bowl |
Chaikin, Tom |
| 2061: odyssey three / |
Clarke, Arthur Charles. |
| 2010: odyssey two / |
Clarke, Arthur Charles. |
| Code Orange |
Cooney, Caroline |
| This place has no atmosphere / |
Danziger, Paula. |
| Mary Modern |
DeAngelis, Camille |
| Raiders' Ransom |
Diamand, Emily |
| Wilderness |
Doyle, Roddy |
| City of Ember (#1) |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| The People of Sparks (#2) |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| Prophet of Yonwood (#3) |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| Blessing's Bead |
Edwardson, Debby Dahl |
| The ear, the eye and the arm |
Farmer, Nancy |
| The House of the Scorpion |
Farmer, Nancy |
| Summer of the skunks |
Foreman, Wilmoth |
| Operation Redwood |
French, S. Terrell |
| The missing 'gator of Gumbo Limbo: an ecological mystery |
George, Jean Craighead. |
| Julie of the Wolves |
George, Jean Craighead. |
| My Side of the Mountain |
George, Jean Craighead. |
| On the Far Side of the Mountain |
George, Jean Craighead. |
| The Softwire: virus on Orbis 1 |
Haarsma, P.J. |
| Found [The Missing Book 1] |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Running out of time / |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Turnabout / |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Escape from Memory |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Dark Water Rising |
Hale, Marian |
| Escape from Botany Bay : the true story of Mary |
Hausman, Gerald. |
| George's Secret Key to the Universe |
Hawking, Lucy & Stephen |
| Flight or Fight |
Haynes, Diane |
| Crow Medicine |
Haynes, Diane |
| Raider's sky / |
Haynes, Mary |
| Podkayne of Mars / |
Heinlein, Robert A. |
| The girl who slipped through time |
Hendrich, Paula |
| Dune (#1) |
Herbert, Frank |
| Dune Messiah (#2) |
Herbert, Frank |
| Children of Dune (#3) |
Herbert, Frank |
| God Emperor of Dune (#4) |
Herbert, Frank |
| Heretics of Dune (#5) |
Herbert, Frank |
| Chapterhouse: Dune (#6) |
Herbert, Frank |
| Out of the Dust |
Hesse, Karen |
| Stowaway |
Hesse, Karen |
| Hurricane Gold: a James Bond Adventure |
Higson, Charlie |
| The Eleventh Plague |
Hirsch, Jeff |
| Go Big or Go Home |
Hobbs, Will. |
| Wild Man Island / |
Hobbs, Will. |
| The Big Wander / |
Hobbs, Will. |
| The maze / |
Hobbs, Will. |
| Jason's gold / |
Hobbs, Will. |
| Petals in the ashes |
Hooper, Mary |
| Another heaven, another Earth / |
Hoover, H. M. |
| The Alchemist's Cat |
Jarvis, Robin |
| A Fast and Brutal Wing |
Johnson, Kathleen |
| But we are not of earth / |
Karl, Jean. |
| Strange tomorrow / |
Karl, Jean. |
| Quake : disaster in San Francisco, 1906 / |
Karwoski, Gail. |
| The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate |
Kelly, Jacqueline |
| Greetings from Planet Earth |
Kerley, Barbara |
| Monkeytown |
Kidd, Ronald |
| Owl in Love |
Kindl, Patrice |
| The jungle books |
Kipling, Rudyard |
| Firestorm |
Klass, David |
| Whirlwind |
Klass, David |
| Timelock |
Klass, David |
| The journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis & Clark expedition |
Lasky, Kathryn |
| Children of the dust |
Lawrence, Louise |
| A wind in the door / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| A wrinkle in time / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| An acceptable time / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| Troubling a star / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| Many waters / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| Wind in the door / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| Many waters / |
L'Engle, Madeleine. |
| Smiler's Bones |
Lerangis, Peter |
| The goodness gene |
Levitin, Sonia. |
| Call of the Wild |
London, Jack |
| White Fang |
London, Jack |
| True Talents |
Lubar, David |
| A mango-shaped space |
Mass, Wendy |
| The white darkness |
McCaughrean, Geraldine |
| The Devil's Paintbox |
McKernan, Victoria |
| The Secret Under my Skin |
McNaughton, Janet |
| Moby Dick |
Melville, Herman |
| The boy who spoke dog / |
Morgan, Clay. |
| North |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
| Devil storm |
Nelson, Theresa |
| The Bradbury chronicles: stories in honor of Ray Bradbury |
Nolan, William F. (ed.) |
| Z for Zachariah / |
O'Brien, Robert C. |
| Silverwing |
Oppel, Kenneth |
| Sunwing |
Oppel, Kenneth |
| Firewing |
Oppel, Kenneth |
| Maximum ride: angel experiment (#1) |
Patterson, James |
| Maximum ride: school's out forever (#2) |
Patterson, James |
| Maximum ride: saving the world & other extreme sports (#3) |
Patterson, James |
| Maximumride: the final warning (#4) |
Patterson, James |
| Max (#5) |
Patterson, James |
| The Kingdom keepers |
Pearson, Ridley |
| Teen, Inc. |
Petrucha, Stefan |
| Slob |
Potter, Ellen |
| The True Meaning of Smekday |
Rex, Adam |
| Kiteman of Karanga |
Reynolds, Alfred |
| Ninth Ward |
Rhodes, Jewell Parker |
| The Iceberg Hermit |
Roth, Arthur J |
| Eyes of the Emperor |
Salisbury, Graham |
| Eye of the comet / |
Sargent, Pamela. |
| Frankenstein |
Shelley, Mary |
| Deep space; eight stories of science fiction / |
Silverberg, Robert. |
| Virtual War Chronologs (series) |
Skurzynski, Gloria |
| Cryptid Hunters |
Smith, Roland |
| Tentacles |
Smith, Roland |
| Elephant Run |
Smith, Roland |
| Peak |
Smith, Roland |
| Drums, girls and dangerous pie |
Sonnenblick, Jordan |
| Fake ID |
Sorrells, Walter |
| Truesight (#1) |
Stahler, David Jr. |
| The Seer (#2) |
Stahler, David Jr. |
| Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| The Mysterious Benedict Society (series) |
Stewart, Trenton Lee |
| The White Giraffe |
St. John, Lauren |
| Ice Drift |
Taylor, Theodore |
| Plague |
Ure, Jean |
| 20,000 leagues under the sea / |
Verne, Jules. |
| Around the World in 80 Days |
Verne, Jules. |
| H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education |
Walden, Mark |
| H.I.V.E.: The Overlord Protocol |
Walden, Mark |
| The war of the worlds / |
Wells, H. G. |
| Time machine / |
Wells, H. G. |
| The invisible man / |
Wells, H. G. |
| Double helix / |
Werlin, Nancy. |
| Leviathan |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Behemoth |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Goliath |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Uglies |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Pretties |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Specials |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Extras |
Westerfeld, Scott |
| Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 |
White, Andrea |
| The Golden Hour |
Williams, Maiya |
| Tanglewreck |
Winterson, Jeanette |
| New Found Land |
Wolf, Allan |
| Dragon and thief /#1 |
Zahn, Timothy |
| Dragon and soldier/#2 |
Zahn, Timothy |
| Raptor / |
Zindel, Paul |
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| SOME GOOD NON-FICTON TITLES |
AUTHOR |
| These books are primarily narrative non-fiction. They are some suggested titles -- it is not a comprehensive list. |
| Everest: summit of achievement / |
Royal Geographic Society (ed) |
| Shipwreck at the bottom of the world: Shackleton's amazing voyage |
Armstrong, Jennifer |
| Ghost liners / |
Ballard, Robert D. |
| Silent spring / |
Carson, Rachel. |
| Two years before the mast / |
Dana, Richard Henry. |
| Guinea pig scientists : bold ''test pilots'' of science & medicine |
Dendy, Leslie A. |
| Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science |
Fleischman, John |
| With a little luck: surprising stories of amazing discoveries |
Fradkin, Dennis Brindell |
| The story of science : Aristotle leads the way |
Hakim, Joy |
| Kon-Tiki |
Heyerdahl, Thor |
| The race to save the Lord God Bird / |
Hoose, Phillip M. |
| Ice story: Shackleton's lost expedition / |
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody |
| Into thin air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster |
Krakauer, Jon |
| Endurance / |
Lansing, Alfred. |
| Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history |
Larson, Erik |
| A Sand County almanac |
Leopold, Aldo. |
| The big splat,or how our moon came to be / |
Mackenzie, Dana. |
| Dr. Jenner and the speckled monster : the search for the smallpox vaccine |
Marrin, Albert. |
| Quest for the tree kangaroo: an expedition to the cloud forest of New Guinea |
Montgomery, Sy |
| Blizzard / |
Murphy, Jim. |
| An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 |
Murphy, Jim. |
| The case of monkeys that fell from the trees |
Quinlan, Susan. |
| The Tapir's morning bath : mysteries of the tropical rain forest and the scientists who are trying to solve them |
Royte, Elizabeth. |
| The radioactive boy scout : the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor |
Silverstein, Ken |
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Easy List
| BARCODE |
CALL NUMBER |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
| 2258446 |
001.944 WAL |
The mystery of the abominable snowman / |
Wallace, Holly. |
| 4140765 |
565 BON |
When bugs were big, plants were strange, and tet |
Bonner, Hannah |
| 4140093 |
570 KRA |
Hidden worlds: looking through a scientist's mi |
Kramer, Stephen P. |
| 4139208 |
571.8 JEF |
Cloning : frontiers of genetic engineering / |
Jefferis, David. |
| 2258441 |
577 FUL |
Ecosystems & environment / |
Fullick, Ann. |
| 7861151 |
577.34 BAR |
101 facts about tropcial rain forests / |
Barnes, Julia. |
| 7861583 |
617 TOW |
Scalpels, stitches & scars : a history of surger |
Townsend, John. |
| 7860802 |
92 ARC |
Archimedes : ancient Greek mathematician / |
Keating, Susan Katz. |
| 4139174 |
92 BEN |
Snowflake Bentley / |
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. |
| 7861549 |
92 DAR |
The voyage of the Beagle / |
Hyndley, Kate. |
| 2231672 |
92 EDI |
Thomas Edison / |
Tames, Richard. |
| 4139088 |
92 GAL |
Starry messenger: a book depicting the life of |
Sis, Peter. |
| 4140355 |
92 HAR |
The man who made time travel / |
Lasky, Kathryn. |
| 4140354 |
92 HAR |
The man who made time travel / |
Lasky, Kathryn. |
| 7441467 |
92 LEO |
Leonardo, beautiful dreamer / |
Byrd, Robert |
| 4140264 |
92 WRI |
First to fly : how Wilbur & Orville Wright inven |
Busby, Peter. |
| 4138544 |
937 LES |
The Iceman |
Lessem, Don |
| 4140557 |
998 DEW |
Antarctic journal: four months at the bottom of |
Dewey, Jennifer |
| 3025951 |
F SLE |
The boy who reversed himself / |
Sleator, William. |
| 2781345 |
F VER |
Journey to the center of the earth / |
Verne, Jules. |
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