The local high school is considering redoing their selections for their 9th grade Sci Fi unit and I’m privileged enough to be able to provide suggestions. Currently they have a choice of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson, Scythe by Neil Shusterman, and Unwound also by Shusterman.

It doesn’t have to be explicitly YA, but definitely YA accessible, and preferably something that will keep a 9th grader interested and isn’t just a fluffy book but challenges thinking/perceptions like good Sci Fi can. My goal is something near 300-ish pages but if it’s a faster read more is ok.

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  • JaymesRS@literature.cafeOPMEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Since there are a good number of great novellas out right now, I also considered 2-3 novellas can equal one novel depending on length.

    Books I considered:

    • Murderbot 1&2 by Becky Chambers
    • Binti 1-3 by Nnedi Okorafor
    • Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
    • Kindred by Octavia Butler
    • Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
    • Left hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin