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Need YA-accessible Sci-Fi suggestions. (self.books)

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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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[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Anne McCaffrey was a favorite author of mine when I was a young teen. Some of her stuff is fantasy meets sci-fi, like the Dragon Riders of Pern series. The Crystal Singer was the only book I read of the crystal series, but it's definitely young adult sci-fi. I'm dating myself, but I read it when Eiffel65 had released Europop, and I can't help but think of that book whenever I hear one of those songs lol.

In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman is my favorite book from my older teen years, it's very political but also has complex descriptions of the technology in universe. She's also won awards for her Coldfire trilogy, which I enjoyed but is definitely fantasy and not sci-fi