# Science Fiction books about grief

**3** science fiction books that explore grief, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Science Fiction  ·  **Theme:** grief
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Science Fiction grief reading list

- [Sal and Gabi Break the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/sal-and-gabi-break-the-universe) by Carlos Hernandez _(Grades 4–7 · pub 2019)_
- [The Girl with the Ghost Machine](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-with-the-ghost-machine) by Lauren DeStefano _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2017)_
- [Warcross](https://readinglist.school/book/warcross) by Marie Lu _(Grades 8–12 · pub 2017)_

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