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FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 12:20 AM

Hello all,

I am trying to compile a list of the classic sci-fi/fantasy titles for Young
Adult readers or younger. Any titles you might suggest would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Karen Kramer
[removed]@aol.com

FROM: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 10:59 AM

-- [ From: Deb Warner * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

I would highly reccommend the Jupiter Novel series. All feature YA
protagonists, scientific & personal problems to be overcome, are clean as a
whistle and entertaining reads
James P. Hogan Outward Bound
Jerry Pournelle Starswarm
Charles Sheffield Higher Education
Billion Dollar Boy
Putting Up Roots
Cyborg From Earth

FROM: "Sherrie Heep" <[removed]@cooklib.org>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 11:27 AM

Actually I am currently doing a monthly display for Fall into Fantasy
and am including YA books as well as adult. Some of the classic ones on my
list are:
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA BY CS LEWIS
THE EARTHSEA TRILOGY BY URSULA LE GUIN
THE PRINCESS BRIDE BY WILLIAM GOLDMAN
THE HOBBIT BY JRR TOLKIEN
WATERSHIP DOWN BY RICHARD ADAMS
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES BY RAY BRADBURY
THE WIZARD OF OZ BY L. FRANK BAUM
ALICE IN WONDERLAND/ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS BY LEWIS CARROLL

These are just a few but I hope that is a start for you. WWW.AMAZON.COM has
several different lists you can check--I found it a very good resource.
Good Luck!

Sherrie Manlove Heep
Readers' Services
Cook Memorial Public Library
Libertyville, IL

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> [removed]@aol.com [[removed]@aol.com]
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> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Sci-fi/Fantasy for YAs and younger
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to compile a list of the classic sci-fi/fantasy titles for
> Young
> Adult readers or younger. Any titles you might suggest would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Karen Kramer
> [removed]@aol.com

FROM: "Chris Smith" <[removed]@kcls.org>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 12:32 PM

I'd consider this trilogy by Madeleine L'Engle to be classic kids' SF:

A Wrinkle In Time
A Slowly Tilting Planet
A Wind In the Door

-Chris

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FROM: "Lisa Colcord - LIBRARYX" <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 1:32 PM

SHATTERWORLD by Lelia Rose Foreman:

*Fearing nuclear holocaust, a group of pacifists leave Earth in search of a
new planet where they hope to live peacefully according to God's will.

HELLSPARK by Janet Kagan


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From: [removed]@aol.com [<A [removed]@aol.com">mailto:Arkmer@aol.com</A>]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 10:24 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject: Sci-fi/Fantasy for YAs and younger


Hello all,

I am trying to compile a list of the classic sci-fi/fantasy titles for Young

Adult readers or younger. Any titles you might suggest would be
appreciated.

Thank you!

Karen Kramer
[removed]@aol.com

FROM: "Adrienne Furness" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 11/1/99, 9:02 AM

The Giver by Lois Lowry.

:) Adrienne


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FROM: <[removed]@hlc.actx.edu>
REC'D: 11/1/99, 9:35 AM

Well, I got trigger happy and deleted the original message, but if they haven't
been mentioned yet, Anne McCaffrey's Pern series (Dragonflight, Dragonsong, etc)
are popular fantasy titles with YAs. Also, I booktalked Keeper of the Isis Light
by Monica Hughes and found it to be well-received by the audience. The latter is
more science fiction-oriented, and I believe it is the first book in a series (I
don't remember being as impressed with the other two as a young reader). HTH!

Amanda Barrera
Amarillo Public Library

FROM: "Joanna Hazelden" <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 11/2/99, 12:16 PM

Hmmmm. As I remember there was a scene in the first Pern book, where the heroine
gets sort of "overwhelmed" by the hero. I know the sexual element was fairly light,
and is okay for YA's, but I wouldn't reccomend it for the young readers.

Joanna Hazelden
The Chicago Public Library


[removed]@hlc.actx.edu wrote:

> Well, I got trigger happy and deleted the original message, but if they haven't
> been mentioned yet, Anne McCaffrey's Pern series (Dragonflight, Dragonsong, etc)
> are popular fantasy titles with YAs. Also, I booktalked Keeper of the Isis Light
> by Monica Hughes and found it to be well-received by the audience. The latter is
> more science fiction-oriented, and I believe it is the first book in a series (I
> don't remember being as impressed with the other two as a young reader). HTH!
>
> Amanda Barrera
> Amarillo Public Library

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