Thursday, October 15, 2009

Thursday Reviews: Young Adult Sci-Fi Quick Picks

The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer (2004)

Escaping from a cruel orphanage that uses children as test subjects, Cosmo Hill has a near-death experience during which he sees strange blue creatures which seem to feed on the life force of humans. He is then saved by a group of people who call themselves the Supernaturalists and have taken on the task of trying to eradicate the blue “parasites” to protect the city.

Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix (2003)

Thinking she has nothing to hide, Kira lets her friends hypnotize her at a party and suddenly remembers herself fleeing a war-torn country with her mother, who is speaking a strange language. Now that these memories have been revealed, Kira and her mother are in serious danger.

Flip by David Lubar (2003)

Underachiever Ryan and his perfectionist twin sister Taylor find alien disks in the woods, which when used properly give them the power of famous people from the past. This results in a lot of fun but ends up getting them into more trouble than ever.



Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini (2004)

Considered a dweeb at school and ignored by the girl of his dreams, Jeremy Heere receives help from a “squip”, a supercomputer in pill form that gives him constant instructions on how to be cool. He quickly becomes popular but finds that having a computer bossing him around has a definite dark side.

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