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Ender's Shadow

Orson Scott Card

A genius street child is recruited into Battle School, where his hidden role reshapes a familiar war story.

First published 2002 · The Shadow

Science FictionYoung Adult

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Bean survives childhood on the streets through intelligence, caution, and a talent for reading danger before it reaches him. His life changes when he is noticed by adults looking for exceptional children and drawn toward Battle School.

At Battle School, Bean moves through intense training, rivalry, and political maneuvering while watching the larger conflict with an analytical eye. The story follows his rise alongside and in relation to another gifted student, Ender, as the war effort and school dynamics tighten around them.

The novel alternates between Bean's development and the larger machinery surrounding him, gradually filling in the hidden background behind familiar events. It builds toward the role Bean plays in the wider struggle against the alien enemy while setting up later stories in the series.

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Authors
Orson Scott Card
First published
2002
Genres
Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Space, Adventure, War, Dystopia
Subjects
Child soldiers · Child soldiers in fiction · Bean (Ficticious Character) · Ender Wiggin (Fictitious character) · Exceptional children · Exceptional children in fiction · Fiction · Generals · Imaginary wars and battles · Male friendship · War games · Reading Level-Grade 9 · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction · Wiggin, ender (fictitious character), fiction · Battle school (imaginary place), fiction · Fiction, science fiction, general · Space warfare · Margaret A. Edwards Award · Extraterrestrial beings · Science fiction · Computer war games · Bean (Fictitious character : Card) · Wiggin, ender · Bean · Wiggin, ender (fictitious character) · Wiggin, ender (fictitious character)--fiction · Bean (fictitious character : card)--fiction · Space warfare--fiction · War games--fiction · Child soldiers--fiction · Ps3553.a655 e58 2002
ISBN-13
9780765342409

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