Any good YA science fiction (in space)?

[MTBukit]

Anne McCaffery Crystal Singer

 

[Melissa Haegert]

I'm halfway through Avalon by Mindee Arnett and I'm impressed so far.

 

[VKALFIERI]

There is great fantasy and futuristic YA novels (Potter and Hunger Games to name a couple) but are there any other science fiction for YA that would be space based, aliens, etc?

There's a series by Philip Reeves, of which I have only read the first one, called The Larklight trilogy, which starts on Earth but ends in Space. I read it when I went through a bit of a steam punk craze and it was pretty ok.

 

[JunkMonkey]

There's a series by Philip Reeves, of which I have only read the first one, called The Larklight trilogy, which starts on Earth but ends in Space. I read it when I went through a bit of a steam punk craze and it was pretty ok.

And jolly ripping yarns they are too. My daughter (now 13) read them a couple of years ago and loved them.

 

[hitmouse]

The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison

 

[Juliana]

Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy is set partially on Mars, partially in space. No aliens, but an adrenaline-fuelled read.

 

[monkeypooper]

Can't get away with them now but Doctor who books and Star Trek tng

 

[Beamer01]

Seems like there was a lot more science fiction written for the young reader when I was a kid then I see now. Back in the 1960s you had the big names of the time writing stories aimed at young readers. Writers like Heinlein, del Rey, Asimov, Clarke. All wrote to that age group. If you can find them the Winston juvenile science fiction stories are great. Andre Norton wrote over 100 books most of which would appeal to young readers.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Seems like there was a lot more science fiction written for the young reader when I was a kid then I see now. Back in the 1960s you had the big names of the time writing stories aimed at young readers. Writers like Heinlein, del Rey, Asimov, Clarke. All wrote to that age group. If you can find them the Winston juvenile science fiction stories are great. Andre Norton wrote over 100 books most of which would appeal to young readers.

SF may be a victim of its own success by becoming respectable for adults to read. Not so many magazines with silly covers anymore.

psik

 

[psikeyhackr]

SF may be a victim of its own success by becoming respectable for adults to read. Not so many magazines with silly covers anymore. Landing on the Moon has gone from impossible to an antiquated hoax. LOL

psik

 

[mdclanahan]

The Illuminae Files, starting with Illuminae, and follwed by Gemina. The final book, Obsidio, should be out next year.