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 Earth in a final climatic battle against a hostile alien race. At Battle School Bean meets and befriends another future commander- Ender Wiggin- perhaps his only true rival. Only one problem: for Bean and Ender, the future is now.
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This was an awesome book. It takes place on what Earth might be like in the future. There is a war going on in space against the buggers (aliens). Kids on Earth who are really smart are brought up into space to go to Battle School to train to fight against the buggers some day. The book is written in parallel to Ender's Game. I read that one first but technically you could read either first. I enjoyed reading this one second more getting insight into the main storyline. Both books when I started reading them I did not want to stop. Anyone who likes science fiction will enjoy these books.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that this series is very good. It ends up getting VERY political in the later books though. Seeing as that is not the type of book that I would usually read, it was very good. They have lots of strategy in them as well.
ReplyDeleteSounds really awesome. Can i read it after you?
ReplyDeletewe have this book in the library Gordon.
ReplyDeleteI have only read this one Enders Shadow and Enders Game. What are the names of some of the others in the series?
ReplyDeleteAfter Ender's shadow there is Shadow of the hegemon, Shadow puppets, and Shadow of a giant.
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