These science fiction chapter books, middle grade books ... You might be familiar with sci-fi classics from your own high school days, such as Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or The Hitchhiker ...

Grayson Schnitger is a sixth grader at the Pasadena middle school and says ... the list of middle grade books given away at the Octavia E. Butler Library Science Fiction Festival.

The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science, by Sean Connolly, $12.95. What book could appeal more to middle-schoolers than one that suggests anarchy and danger? Connolly’s retro- cool ...

Many middle-schoolers wouldn’t leisurely read ... she has expanded her focus to writing fiction and popular science books. Fiction or nonfiction? What kids really like to read.

We do read some sci-fi in our middle grade book club ... Yet, when I read some science fiction picture books with elementary school students, none of the children struggled to understand ...

The middle school once attended by — and eventually renamed for — the author Octavia E. Butler will hold its third Science Fiction Festival ... Donate books from the school’s wishlist ...

The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing ... You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving ...

As spring approaches here on Earth, the season of excellent science fiction books is heating up ... of criticism on the genre? From old-school essays from Hugo Gernsback, to New Wave masters ...