Barrington Area Library

Kids' Catalog | Science Fiction

Science fiction stories could never take place in our world today. They involve robots, time travel, aliens, technology, inventions, or future worlds.

Going into grade 3 | Going into grades 4–5 | Going into grades 6–8

Going into grade 3

Beginning Readers | Fiction

Beginning Readers

Beecroft, Simon.  Star Wars: Queen's Diary.
Beecroft, Simon.  Star Wars: Ready, Set, Podrace!
Birkinshaw, Marie.  Trouble at the Bridge.
Buller, Jon.  Captain Zap and the Evil Baron von Fishhead.
Bunting, Eve.  My Robot.
Cazet, Denys.  Minnie and Moo Save the Earth.
Cushman, Doug.  Space Cat.
Johnston, Tony.  Alien and Possum series.
Kettner, Christine.  Oliver Cat on Planet B.
Saunders, Catherine. Spiderman: The Amazing Story.
Schade, Susan.  Space Dog Jack series.
Stamper, Judith Bauer.  Space Race.
Thomas, Jim K.  Luke's Fate.
Venn, Cecila.  Anakin to the Rescue.
Weston, Martha.  Dr. Clock-sicle.

Fiction

Auerbach, Annie.  Transformers: The Quest for the Allspark.
Benton, Jim.  Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series.
Coville, Bruce.  Space Brat series.
Duffey, Betsy.  Alien for Rent.
Fullerton, Charlotte.  Sonic X series.
Greenburg, Dan.  Dude, Where's My Spaceship?
Greenburg, Dan.  My Son, the Time Traveler.
Greer, Gery.  Jason and the Escape from Bat Planet.
Gutman, Dan.  Mr. Docker Is Off His Rocker.
Gutman, Dan.  They Came from Center Field.
Greenburg, Dan.  Weird Planet series.
Hooks, William H.  The Girl Who Could Fly.
Hughes, Ted.  The Iron Giant: A Story in Five Nights.
King-Smith, Dick.  Harriet’s Hare.
Pilkey, Dav.  Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People.
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus.  Mush, a Dog from Space.
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus.  Ned Feldman, Space Pirate.
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus.  Wallpaper from Space.
Rovetch, Lissa.  Hot Dog Bob and the Seriously Scary Attack of the Evil Alien Pizza Person.
Sadler, Marilyn.  Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century series.
Sheldon, Dyan.  Harry and Chicken.
Standiford, Natalie.  Space Dog series.
Toles, Tom.  My School Is Worse Than Yours.
Waddell, Martin.  Harriet and the Robot.
Wilkens, S. G.  Transformers: The Junior Novel: A Novelization.
Windham, Ryder.  Galactic Crisis.
Yaccarino, Dan.  Blast off Boy and Blorp series.

Going into grades 4–5

Appleton, Victor.  Tom Swift, Young Inventor series.
Ball, Justin.  Space Dogs.
Base, Graeme.  The Worst Band in the Universe.
Brennan, Herbie.  The Mystery Machine.
Butts, Nancy.  The Door in the Lake.
Cameron, Eleanor.  The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet.
Coville, Bruce.  A. I. Gang series.
Coville, Bruce.  Alien Adventures series.
Coville, Bruce.  I was a Sixth Grade Alien.
Crilley, Mark.  Akiko series.
Davids, Paul and Hollace Davids.  Star Wars series. 
Dong, Claxton.  Save Our Star.
Elish, Dan.  The Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks.
Elliott, David.  The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle.
Etchemendy, Nancy.  The Power of Un.
Farshtey, Greg.  Bionicle Legends series.
Fields, Bryan.  Lunchbox and the Aliens.
Fox, Helen.  Eager.
Fox, Helen.  Eager's Nephew.
Gauthier, Gail.  Club Earth.
Greer, Gery.  Max and Me and the Time Machine.
Guibert, Emmanuel.  Sardine in Outer Space series.
Gutman, Dan.  The Edison Mystery.
Gutman, Dan.  Virtually Perfect.
Hapka, Cathy.  Bionicle Chronicles series.
Hoover, H. M.  The Winds of Mars.
Korman, Gordon.  Nose Pickers from Outer Space.
Lenhard, Elizabeth.  Spy Kids Adventures series.
Luzzatto, Caroline.  Interplanetary Avenger.
Mackel, Kathy.  Alien in a Bottle.
Maguire, Gregory.  Five Alien Elves.
McArthur, Nancy.  The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks series.
Morris, Gilbert.  Vanishing Clues.
Osterweil, Adam.  The Comic Book Kid.
Palatini, Margie.  Lab Coat Girl in My Triple-Decker Hero.
Pepper, Dennis, ed.  The Young Oxford Book of Aliens.
Pratchett, Terry.  Johnny Maxwell Trilogy.
Reeve, Philip.  Larklight.
Schanback, Mindy.  Princess from Another Planet.
Seidler, Tor.  Brainboy and the Deathmaster.
Service, Pamela F.  Stinker from Space.
Sonenklar, Carol.  Bug Girl.
Spinner, Stephanie.  Be First in the Universe.
Stewart, Trento Lee.  The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Watson, Jude.  Jedi Quest series.
Watson, Jude.  Last of the Jedi series.
Waugh, Sylvia.  Ormingat Trilogy.
Wiley. The Extraordinary Adventure of Ordinary Basil.