Dangerous, by Shannon Hale

For all of you girls in grades 7-10, Hale's sci-fi thriller, with an action-packed, plot-driven storyline and compelling writing style about teens possessed by alien nanotechnology, is a recent release and designed to hit the right notes for blockbuster appeal.  Maisie Danger Brown is a smart, home-schooled, one-handed, half-Paraguayan daughter of scientists and she has always dreamed of being an astronaut.  When she wins a trip to space camp cue a dark, super herolike tale: Friends die, adventures are had, kisses are exchanged, the Earth is saved and there is lots of girl-power. 

Citation: Hale, Shannon. Dangerous. New York: Bloomsbury/Walker, 2014.