Thursday, August 21, 2014

Doctor Who Read-Alikes

Doctor Who is regenerating this Saturday.  In honor of the new season of Doctor Who, here are some books with similar themes for teens . . .

Borrowed Time by Naomi Alderman
The Doctor, Amy and Rory go undercover to discover who is trying to give people more time.

Spacer and Rat by Margaret Bechard
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.

Abarat by Clive Barker
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, journeys to the Abarat, an archipelago filled with strange wonders, and has a curious revelation: she has been here before, and it is her responsibility to save this mysterious place from the evil forces that threaten it.

Icons by Margaret Stohl
After an alien force known as the Icon colonizes Earth, decimating humanity, four surviving teenagers must piece together the mysteries of their pasts--in order to save the future.




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