# Science Fiction books about survival

**3** science fiction books that explore survival, 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:** survival
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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 survival reading list

- [Project Hail Mary](https://readinglist.school/book/project-hail-mary) by Andy Weir _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2021)_
- [The Neptune Project](https://readinglist.school/book/the-neptune-project) by Polly Holyoke _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2013)_
- [The Transall Saga](https://readinglist.school/book/the-transall-saga) by Gary Paulsen _(Grades 6–9 · pub 1998)_

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