Boy Friendly Fiction (Middle School Reading List)
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"Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle , a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century
Steampunk
Airborn - Kenneth Oppel
Matt Cruse is the 15-year-old cabin boy aboard the Aurora, the 900-foot luxury airship he has called home for the past two years. While crossing the Pacificus, Matt fearlessly rescues the unconscious pilot of a crippled hot air balloon.
Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him.
Leviathan Series - Scott Westerfeld
Boneshaker - Cherie Priest
( Boneshaker , October 2009 from Tor Books) In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest.
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror .
Horror Fiction
“Both medical thriller and science fiction, this fast-paced, captivating modern vampire story is enriched with biology and history. . . Entrancing throughout, but squeamish readers beware.”
Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
The Power of Five - Anthony Horowitz
"Nobody does it better than Horowitz, as this deliciously frightening, supernatural thriller proves."
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
I am Legend is arguably the greatest short horror novel ever written, and its influence on the horror genre has been profound.
The Isle of Blood - Rick Yancey
Synopsis:The utopia and its offshoot, the dystopia , are genres of literature that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction is the creation of an ideal world, or utopia , as the setting for a novel. Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia .
Dystopian Fiction
In an alternate world, in a nameless totalitarian city, the autocratic Mayor rules the school system with an iron fist, with the help of his Educators. Fighting against the Mayor and his repressive Educators is a group of former students called the Truancy, whose goal is to take down the system by any means possible-at any cost.
Truancy - Isamu Fukui
Beneath heaven is Hell… Beneath Hell is Furnace! Furnace Penitentiary. The world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface.