Can someone recommend some good fantasy/sci-fi books?

[JYrocks13]

I have a reading assignment due in two weeks, and I need a book to read. I'm in Honors English, since the eighth grade replaces literature with geography. So don't recommend anything really short or really long, and absolutely DO NOT tell me to read anything from the Twilight series. I hate Twilight because it is poorly written and has barely any of the elements of literature. So please recommend me something. Thanks!

 

[john]

the Lord of the Rings, or the Simarillion, by Tolkein

 

[Britt:t:t]

maximum ride, google it, I think you'd like it. The movie is coming out in 2010

 

[iPanda]

My recommendations are:

Eragon. The sequel to this book was on my honors 9/10th grade summer reading list. (but trust me, its not a hard reading level) it is kinda long though. It is fantasy, you've probably seen or heard of the movie, which is why it is safer to stick to the sequel, Eldest, which you dont need to read the first book for(but of course it is recommended)

Ender's Game. This book was published a bunch of years ago, during the whole Red scare and it's still considered a phenomenal book. It is sci-fi that takes place in the future and has a kid who goes to a school in space to train him for a war.

 

[DopeyDinosaur]

If you like anthropomorphic (talking animals) stories, the Foxes of Firstdark (aka Hunter's Moon) by Garry Kilworth was really good. Had a bit of magic or something hard to describe. Not a childish tale either.

 

[Beatrice]

I would deffinately suggest Enders Game by Orion Scott Card. It's sci-fi but it definately touches on topics like the goodness of humanity and things such as that. I'm not really into sci-fi, but I really really enjoyed this book. It's not the longest book you'll find, but it's also not too short either.

 

[CedarCreekQuest]

Fantasy meets reality when a group of high school students decide to dive into a role playing game the last week of their senior year of high school. Will they be able to defeat the pirates before the principal expels them all?

check it out and buy 'Cedar Creek Quest' online at amazon.com

 

[Joe]

My favorite book of all time House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer.


Matt is a young child who is a clone, though he doesn't know it at the beginning of this powerful novel. Set in the future in Dreamland, a drug empire that took over parts of today's Mexico, Matt still has the normal concerns and fears that other children have. He wants friends and the freedom to do what he wants.

Being a clone of the powerful El Patron gives Matt safety that other clones, despised by his world, do not enjoy. Most clones are grown for horrible reasons and their intelligence is removed with a drug at birth. But he has been spared; he is highly intelligent and loves music.

Only a few befriend him: a bodyguard, a cook from the estate, and the daughter of a U.S. Senator who visits the house. Many others taunt and shun him, even some who seemed to be friends. When he has to leave the estate to save his life, new enemies appear.

Like Louis Sachar's HOLES or Lois Lowry's THE GIVER, the suspense in this book will surprise readers at many turns. Scary, evil people are all around Matt. Farmer is a gifted writer who makes this sort of science fiction seem eerily real. No reader will be untouched by this work that won several 2002 awards, including the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor Award, and a Printz Honor Award. Both teens and adults will be quickly drawn into THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION.

--- Reviewed by Reviewed by Amy Alessio