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Ender's Shadow

by Orson Scott Card

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ISBN13: 9780765342409
ISBN10: 0765342405
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Welcome to Battleschool.

Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to pound your skull into pulp for a scrap of apple. If Bean has learned anything on the streets, it's how to survive. And not with fists. He is way too small for that. But with brains.

Bean is a genius with a magician's ability to zero in on his enemy and exploit his weakness.

What better quality for a future general to lead the Earth in a final climactic battle against a hostile alien race, known as Buggers. At Battleschool Bean meets and befriends another future commander - Ender Wiggins - perhaps his only true rival.

Only one problem: for Bean and Ender, the future is now.

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Life on the streets is tough. But if Bean has learned anything, it's how to survive. Not with his fists. Bean is way too small to fight. But with his brain. Like his colleague and rival Ender Wiggin, Bean has been chosen to enroll in Battle School. And like Ender, Bean will be called upon to perform an extraordinary service for humanity. A reader's guide is available for this Starscape edition--perfect reader readers ten and up--of the parallel novel to the extraordinary Ender's Game.

About the Author

Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife and children in North Carolina.

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Lisa Brown, August 11, 2011 (view all comments by Lisa Brown)
I'd heard that this was as good as, if not better than, Ender's Game, which I thoroughly enjoyed, so needless to say I was a tad skeptical. Happily, this didn't disappoint. Rather than Ender Wiggin, this book focuses on Bean, and aside from the opening section (if this were a comic, it'd be Bean's origin story), the rest of the plot is more or less identical to its predecessor. Yet in this second telling, we see all the events from the Battle School and Command School through the lens of Bean's perception, which is fascinating. Can't say that I find Bean to be anywhere near as likable as Wiggin, but there's a pretty satisfying character arc, so that's a bonus. I also really enjoyed the fact that this book investigated the role of religion in Card's imagined society (or any wartime society, really). Throw in some Lord of the Flies overtones, and it's hard to go wrong here.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780765342409
Author:
Card, Orson Scott
Publisher:
Starscape
Location:
New York
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Science Fiction
Subject:
School & Education
Subject:
Science fiction, american
Subject:
War games
Subject:
Space warfare
Subject:
Child soldiers
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character)
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender
Subject:
Science / General
Subject:
Bean
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Subject:
Action
Subject:
Adventure/General
Subject:
Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Starscape ed.
Edition Description:
Middle-Grade Fiction
Series:
Ender's Shadow
Series Volume:
No. 1 of 4
Publication Date:
20020519
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 5
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
7.63 x 5.19 in
Age Level:
09-12

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