Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Macmillan Publishers
Hardcover
Ages 12+
Winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
*JESSI’S PICK!*
This book is one of my favorite books of all time. ALL TIME! This was THE book that introduced me to science fiction and I haven’t looked back since. It had a lot to do with shaping the person that I am today. I read it when I was ten and passed it one to my brothers and sisters as they came of age. I can guarantee that fans of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner will enjoy this book. Ender’s Game is similar to Hunger Games (a future Earth, young kids doing things that even adults would shudder at, adults masterminding the whole thing, etc.) only it takes place in outer space… because space is awesome! How much do I like this book? So much that I may name my first child Andrew, just so that I can nickname him Ender.
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Macmillan Publishers
Hardcover
Ages 12+
Winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
*JESSI’S PICK!*
This book is one of my favorite books of all time. ALL TIME! This was THE book that introduced me to science fiction and I haven’t looked back since. It had a lot to do with shaping the person that I am today. I read it when I was ten and passed it one to my brothers and sisters as they came of age. I can guarantee that fans of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner will enjoy this book. Ender’s Game is similar to Hunger Games (a future Earth, young kids doing things that even adults would shudder at, adults masterminding the whole thing, etc.) only it takes place in outer space… because space is awesome! How much do I like this book? So much that I may name my first child Andrew, just so that I can nickname him Ender.
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Macmillan Publishers
Hardcover
Ages 12+
Winner of the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
*JESSI’S PICK!*
This book is one of my favorite books of all time. ALL TIME! This was THE book that introduced me to science fiction and I haven’t looked back since. It had a lot to do with shaping the person that I am today. I read it when I was ten and passed it one to my brothers and sisters as they came of age. I can guarantee that fans of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner will enjoy this book. Ender’s Game is similar to Hunger Games (a future Earth, young kids doing things that even adults would shudder at, adults masterminding the whole thing, etc.) only it takes place in outer space… because space is awesome! How much do I like this book? So much that I may name my first child Andrew, just so that I can nickname him Ender.
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.