Can't remember a title/author to a young adult science fiction novel. I read it between 12 and 15 years ago, and it?

Can't remember a title/author to a young adult science fiction novel. I read it between 12 and 15 years ago, and it was probably brand new. I'm a bit hazy on the plot, but my general recollection goes something like this: the setting of the story is another world.

I don't remember if it was a real planet or one created by the author. The main character is a young teen who is leading a group of adults. There are some battles between this group and various alien bandits they encounter on their trek.

I seem to remember exotic, jungle-style locales and a mental image of them emerging from the jungle at the edge of a city full of enemies. The big element that might peg the novel for me is how the main character, who had been masquerading as a boy, is revealed near the end of the book to be a girl. I think one of her companions had noticed her developing breasts and confronted her about it--but I could be wrong.

I don't remember if the book stood alone, or if it was the first book in a series. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Asked by TheTheory 25 months ago Similar questions: remember title author young adult science fiction read 12 15 years ago Arts > Books > Books - Science Fiction.

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What YA Lit is and isn’t This past year I’ve met with a lot of book clubs, several of which were adult book clubs. Many were surprised that The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a teen book. They had never read a teen book before—at least not since their own teen years.

They didn’t really know what YA fiction was. They are not alone. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about young adult literature.

Who writes it? Why do they write it? Who should read it?

Who shouldn’t? What are the author’s responsibilities? What should their responsibilities be?

What is YA lit? What is it not? Is it “safe” literature?

Being a YA writer, all these questions make me feel almost subversive at times. Can you imagine having these same suspicions, er, I mean, questions about any other kind of literature? Adult books for instance.

Why do those writers write stories about adults? Science fiction? Shouldn’t those adults grow up and read real fiction?

Hemingway is just watered-down fiction when adults should be moving on to complex stuff like Kafka and Tolstoy. Do adults really need to read McCarthy when we have Dickens? It was good enough for our grandparents.(Or fill in the author substitutions of your choice.)I wonder if everyone’s very strong opinions about this one segment of literature comes from our attitudes about the teen years?

We fear them. We want teens to “get over it” quickly, and heck, let’s not mess with books that just dwell more on the teen years! Move on!

How many times have you heard someone practically offer condolences to someone upon hearing they have teenagers? I’ve never understood that. Maybe that’s why I like writing about the teen experience.

I find it amazing. Let’s face it. When we are teens we ARE adults, albeit young ones.

Hm. Young.Adults. I wonder how they came up with that?

And we are making important and complex decisions. It’s a fascinating period in life. Why shouldn’t there be books that explore it?

Sources: http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=54897 .

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More insideposted by beniamino on Nov 18, 2009 - 15 answers this question contains answers marked as bestPlease help me remember the title and author of a short story I read maybe 15 years ago. A handicapped woman, living with her sister and her sister's family, sees a man in church she feels quite sure is the devil.In order to get away from him, she struggles to regain the physical independence she had given up. (She had gone into a wheelchair because walking was possible, but too painful.

) She does manage to become self-sufficient enough to move out on her own--and then wonders if it was worth it, after all. I am almost sure the author was Italian. Can anyone help?

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If not movies, what other cultural works of fiction deal with that kind of decision? Posted by artlung on Nov 11, 2009 - 35 answers this question contains answers marked as bestSci-Fi Movie Filter: Trying to locate the title of a movie I saw in the late 80's. It was set in the US in the near future.

A private eye or cop was trying to track down someone smuggling a deadly drug or chemical that - when it came in contact with the human body - dissolved it in a fantastically gruesome fashion with smoke and screaming. More insideposted by ninazer0 on Nov 1, 2009 - 5 answersNameThatNovelFilter: Early twentieth century (first couple of decades) historical novel by a Russian emigre to France, set around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. IIRC, it's part of a trilogy.

Near the beginning of the novel, our hero is recruited by William Pitt the Younger (whose interest in said hero seems not entirely professional). What is this? I'm drawing a complete blank, and GoogleFu has failed me.

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More insideposted by BitterOldPunk on Oct 22, 2009 - 26 answersBook like William Gibson's Pattern Recognition and Spook Country. Near-future, near-science fiction, non-fantasy, non-artsy-fartsy, delving into technological culture. More insideposted by Cool Papa Bell on Oct 22, 2009 - 38 answersI want to give a book to a young friend but I can't remember the title and the librarian could not find it either.

Book teaches about Gandhi in a cool way. More insideposted by CollegeNelson on Oct 18, 2009 - 2 answersI just finished reading Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, and really enjoyed it. I'd love to read other World War I novels with fantasy/science-fiction/steampunk twists.

Are there any? More insideposted by Caduceus on Oct 17, 2009 - 17 answersName This Book: Help me figure out the title of a YA novel I read in middle school before I go bonkers! More insideposted by santojulieta on Oct 13, 2009 - 8 answersFor a person who enjoys deception, what are some games, sports, hobbies, or pastimes that they would be especially drawn to?

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Time Travel Fiction (Louisville Free Public Library, KY): Auth Science Fiction and FantasyScience Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (Plymouth District Libraries, MI): Title, author, summary, and webcat link for about 60 science-fiction and fantasy novels, from Richard Adams's Watership Down to Jane Yolen's Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Rock-and-Troll Novel. Science Fiction and Fantasy (Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury CT): Author, title, summary for about 35 books, from Feed by M.T.Anderson to Double Helix by Nancy Werlin. Updated May 2004.

Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teen Readers (Northbrook Public Library, IL): Lists about 40 books, with author, title, and summary of each book. From Douglas Adams' The tchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber. Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (Laura J.

Berube, Sandy Library, Salt Lake County Library System, UT): 7-page PDF file. Author, title, summary, webcat link for each of about 40 titles. Updated Dec. 2006.

Teen Booklists: Science Fiction and Fantasy (Skokie Public Library, IL): Author, title, summary for about 35 books, from Edwin Abbott's Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions to Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. Journeys Beyond Our Reality: Fantasy Fiction for Young Adults (Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore): Compiled 2005. Author, title, summary, publication year, and webcat link for over 20 books, published between 2002 and 2005, from Isabel Allende's City of the Beasts to Vivian Vande Velde's Now You See It....What Should I Read Next?

: Science Fiction (Tulsa City-County Library, OK): Provides authors, titles, summaries, and webcat links for about 15 novels, from Nancy Etchemendy's Power of Un to Kate Thompson's The Beguilers. What Should I Read Next? : Time Travel Fiction (Tulsa City-County Library, OK): Provides authors, titles, summaries, and webcat links for about 25 books, from T.A.Barron's Heartlight to Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic.

Time Travel Novels for Teens (Logan Library, UT): Author, title, summary for about 30 novels, from Jan Adkins' A Storm Without Rain to Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic. Sources: http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/ya/yaspeculative.htm .

Dear Sister from Francine Pascals’ Sweet Valley by Kate Williams There is no shortage of items in this book that make me either want to (a) chuck it at a wall (b) laugh until I hurt myself, or (c) question why on earth I wasted so much of my parents’ money buying these stupid books. But first, let me take you down memory lane with the opening description that pretty much marked the start of any Sweet Valley gh book: When people in the sunny town of Sweet Valley, California, saw a five-foot-six gloriously attractive young girl with sun-streaked blond hair and sparkling blue-green eyes, they knew it was one of the Wakefield twins, but they couldn’t always be sure which one. Only thing missing in the standard description - which appears on page 1 for God’s sake - is a mention of how the twins are a “perfect size six.”

A river of dark, murky, growling ire runs through me every time I think about how many girls, myself included, were tortured by the idea that unless they met that ideal figure and description, they were not “perfect. ”But I’m not here to judge the sexism, racism, and fatism inherent in the Sweet Valley series, nor am I here to opine at the larger effect the series had on young women of my generation. No, no!

I am here to tell you how bad this book was. Sources: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/dear_sister_from_francine_pascals_sweet_valley_high_by_kate_williams/ .

Adult science fiction novel. Adbooks: an e-mail list for discussing young adult literature. Adults, teens, and children are all welcome to participate.

ALAN: The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents: "a special interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English. "Alex Awards: "given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18" from the Young Adult Library Services Association. Authors for Teens: features interviews with young adult authors.

Best Books for Young Adults from the Young Adult Library Services Association. BookDivas: “the leading online book club for young adult and college readers. ”Comic Books for Young Adults from Michael R.

Lavin, Lockwood Memorial Library. Margaret A. Edwards Award: "honors an author as well as a specific body of their work for lifetime contribution in writing books of enduring popularity with teenagers."Expermental YA Fiction by Nancy Werlin from Booklist.

Teen Genreflecting by Diana Trixier HeraldGenrefluent by Diana Tixier Herald. A don't-miss YA web site for the non-snobbish at heart. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Graphic Novels from The Horn Book. Peek: "Our handy primer gives a quick lesson on how to navigate comic pages and also provides a few recommended titles."Great Graphic Novels for Teens from the Young Adult Library Services Association. Favorite Teenage Angst Books from Cathy Young, the amazon.

Com freelance YA editor. Includes reviews and links to other angsty sites. Site has a lot of teen-appeal to its design.

"It's Only Pink on the Outside" by Rosemary Graham from Not-So-Terrible After All. Rosemary talks about pink cover art, feminism, the associations of the "chick lit" label, and acknowledges its market power and limitations. Rosemary is the author of Thou Shalt Not Dump The Skater Dude (And Other Commandments I Have Broken)(Viking, 2005).

Read a recent Cynsations interview with her on the novel. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy of the International Reading Association. Lee & Low New Voices Award: competition is open to picture book manuscripts no longer than 1,500 words by "writers of color" who are previously unpublished in the picture book.

William C. Morris YA Debut Award: "honors a book written for young adults by a first-time, previously unpublished author" (the first award year is 2009). New England Book Awards: representing 350 bookstores in New England and New York.

No Flying, No Tights: a graphic novel review site for teens. See also The Lair for Teens and Adults and Sidekicks for Kids. Not Your Mother's Book Club (Contents May Not Be Suitable for Parents): launched by Books Inc.

, a community for YA lit teen readers. Note: "Authors, librarians, booksellers, teachers, and those who just love teen books are also welcome, but contests and other special treats are for those in grades 7-12 only. " A space to "meet each other, meet authors, talk about new books, post book reviews, post stories, and generally have fun.

"Outstanding Books for the College Bound: "updated every five years, this comprehensive list provides reading recommendations to students who plan to continue their education beyond high school."Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults from the Young Adult Library Services Association. Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers from the Young Adult Library Services Association. Readergirlz logoReadergirlz: a first-rate YA reading program.

See also Dia Calhoun, Janet Lee Carey, Lori Ann Grover, and Justina Chen Headley on Readergirlz from Cynsations. Reaching Reluctant Readers from Gail Giles. Spicy Reads: Ed Spicer's Teen Book Reviews.TeensReadToo.Com: "Book reviews, author interviews, spotlight pages, contests, an up-to-date book release calendar, and the world's largest young adult/teen author directory.

"Teens Top Ten: "teen choice award given to selected current publications that are of special interest to teens. Teens vote for their choices each Teen Read Week. The votes are tallied and the list is available each November.

"True Grit: The New Edge in YA Fiction by Patrick Jones. A thoughtful and conversational essay about the state of young adult literature and the reactions it inspires. Lists brief bibliography.

Sources: http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_age_group/ya_links.html .

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I am looking for science fiction books from the 1920s. How do I find them.

Looking for the title of a science fiction book.

I read and re-read a science fiction book 20+ years ago that had the title "I, Human" - the author started with an 'L.

Looking for a book of science fiction short stories which I read many years ago.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.