[LM_NET] HIT: Science Fiction recommendations 3rd-5th grade

[Cozit / Liz <imcozit@VERIZON.NET>]

Thank you to Aldean Kilbourn, Elizabeth Varley, Mary Tichey-Staack, 
Maureen Mooney, Cheryl Youse,  Sonja Cole, and Joanne Ladewig for all 
their suggestions.  I apologize to all who were waiting for this HIT for 
holding on to these for a week, but I *thought* I'd have time to collate 
them... and didn't.



Alexander, Lloyd Time Cat 211 pp
Applegate, Katherine The Invasion  184 pp
Applegate, Katherine The Mayflower Project  178 pp
Bailey, Linda Adventures in Ancient Egypt (this is a series called Good 
Times Travel Agency) 48 pp
Barron, T. A. Heartlight  (higher level reading) 272 pp
Bawden, Nina Off The Road  187 pp
Bradbury, Ray The Halloween Tree  (higher reading level) 145 pp
Brittain, Bill Shape-changer  108 pp
Butts, Nancy The Door in the Lake  159 pp
Ciencin, Scott Windchaser  148 pp
Coville, Bruce Aliens Ate My Homework  179 pp
Coville, Bruce I Was A Sixth Grade Alien  170 pp
Coville, Bruce My Teacher Is An Alien  171 pp
Conrad, Pam Zoe Rising  (higher reading level) 131 pp
Cooper, Susan Green Boy (somewhat higher reading level)  208 pp
Cushman, Doug Space Cat  32
Dadey, Debbie Aliens Don't Wear Braces  74 pp
Duffey, Betsy Alien For Rent  71pp
Elliott, David The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle  115 pp
Etchemendy, Nancy The Power of UN (148 pp)
Etra, Jonathan Aliens For Breakfast  62 pp
Gaarder, Jostein The Christmas Mystery  221 pp
Gormley, Beatrice Back to the Titanic! 132 pp
Gould, Robert Rex (whole series of these called Time Soldiers; this is 
#1 I believe) 48 pp
Greer, Gery Max and Me and The Time Machine (higher reading level) 114
Griffin, Peni R. Switching Well 218 pp
Griffith, Helen V. Dinosaur Habitat 96 pp
Gutman, Dan The Edison Mystery 201 pp
Gutman, Dan Virtually Perfect 123 pp
Homzie, Hillary Two Heads Are Better Than One  80 pp
Kehret, Peg The Volcano Disaster 134 pp
Key, Alexander The Forgotten Door 123 pp
King-Smith, Dick Harriet's Hare  104 pp
Klause, Annette C. Alien secrets  (higher level reading)  227
Korman, Gordon Nose Pickers From Outer Space  137 pp
L'Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time (somewhat higher reading level) 211 pp
MacGrory, Yvonne The Secret of the Ruby Ring (somewhat higher reading 
level) 189 pp
Mackel, Kathy Can of worms  146pp
Nelson, O. T. The Girl Who Owned A City 220pp
O'Malley, Kevin Captain Raptor and The Moon Mystery  32pp
Osborne, Mary Pope Dinosaurs Before Dark (lower level) 68 pp
Paulsen, Gary The Time Hackers (somewhat higher reading level) 160 pp
Peck, Richard Lost In Cyberspace  151 pp
Scieszka, Jon Knights of the Kitchen table   55pp
Scrimger, Richard The Nose from Jupiter (series called The Nose Books)  
154pp
Service, Pamela F. Stinker From Space   83pp
Spinner, Stephanie Be First in the Universe  133pp
Waugh, Sylvia Earthborn  273pp
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Yorinks, Arthur and Small, David. Company's going. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion

   Books for Children, [2001].   

 
Yorinks, Arthur and Small, David. Company's coming. New ed. New York: Hyperion

   Books for Children, [2000, 1988].   

 
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Fat men from space. New York: Dodd, Mead, [1977].

 
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Guys from space. New York: Macmillan Publishing

   Company, [1989].   

 
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Lizard music. New York: Dodd, Mead, [1976].

 
Scieszka, Jon and Smith, Lane. Baloney, Henry P. New York: Viking, [2001].

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Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson
Space Mall by Buller and Schade
The Door in the Lake by Butts
Beyond the Burning Lands by Christopher
The Sword of the Spirits by Christopher (sequel to the above)
Bruce Coville has SEVERAl titles that are alien driven and are one of
the lowest readability science fiction I have seen.
Aliens for Breakfast by Etra
Aliens for Lunch by Etra
Shadow Children series: Among the ....  by Haddix
Alien Alert! By Hess
Nick of Time by Lindbergh
My Trip to Alpha by Slote
Captain Fact Series by Knife & Packer'
Commander Toad Series by Yolen
Earthborn by Waugh

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Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body by Strasser

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When I do SciFi with the kids I always pull Commander Toad by Yolan, Bruce
Coville's Space Brat and even Daniel Pinkwater has a couple of titles as
well for this age group.

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My students in MI and in GA all like anything by Mark Crilley.  
Personally, sci fi is not my favorite genre but the kids love his 
books.  We had him for an author visit in MI (he lives in the Detroit 
area) and he was fantastic with the kids. I have also had kids go crazy 
about Sleator's The Boxes.

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM

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Various Star Wars books




-Liz Herman
Media Specialist
Hollifield Station and Forest Ridge Elementary Schools
Howard County, MD

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