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SPARK A REACTION: READ SCIENCE FICTION!
This year's Summer Reading Program theme, Spark a Reaction, is tailor-made for fans of science fiction! Whether you like aliens or dystopias, spaceships or extraordinary abilities, there's a young adult novel (or more than one!) that deals with the topic. Try one of these novels to explore strange new worlds and ideas.
Feed by M.T. Anderson 
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
Eve & Adam by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant 
While she recovers from a car accident, Evening "Eve" Spiker is given a special project by her mother. Using a simulator designed to teach human genetics, she begins building a boy. Eve is creating Adam and he will be perfect.
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi 
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Gone by Michael Grant
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer 
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, a gifted mechanic and cyborg named Cinder becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Seventeen-year-old Amy has to save her parents and herself after their adventure goes wrong on the space ship.
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi 
Aria is exiled from her home and must survive in the outer wasteland, then she meets outsider, Perry, who's wild and dangerous, but he's her only hope for survival.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman 
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.
Partials by Dan Wells 
In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by disease and war with a man-made race of people called Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in training.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 
Transformation into a super beauty on her sixteenth birthday and reuniting with her friend Peris will only happen if Tally Youngblood's friend Shay also agrees to the operation.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 
Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.
Submitted by Melissa Rabey
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Black Eyed Susan winners for 2013-2014 have been announced! Did you vote? Can we have a drum roll, please... This year's winner from the category of books for Grades 9-12 is 
